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Meanings of side hoops in English

Women's undergarments worn in the eighteenth century that extend the width of the skirts at the side while leaving the front and back flat.

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Examples for "panniers"
Examples for "panniers"
1
They shared out the waterskins, the panniers of food, and the equipment.
Orb Sceptre Throne
2
Tanda led one of the buffaloes with huge panniers on his back.
In the Eastern Seas
3
She flirted up her panniers, coquettishly wiggle-waggled to the piano and sang-
The Canadian Elocutionist / Designed for the Use of Colleges, Sc...
4
One carried panniers filled with money, the other sacks weighted with grain.
Aesop's Fables / Translated by George Fyler Townsend
5
Our donkeys carried the panniers, and each man took his own wardrobe.
Five Months at Anzac / A Narrative of Personal Experiences of th...