pannier vs skirt

pannier

noun
  • One of a pair of hoops used to expand the volume of a woman's skirt to either side. 

  • A large basket or bag fastened, usually in pairs, to the back of a bicycle or pack animal, or carried in pairs over the shoulders. 

  • A breadbasket. 

  • A piece of basketwork for protecting archers, or, filled with gravel or sand, for forming and protecting embankments, etc. 

  • A decorative basket for the display of flowers or fruits. 

skirt

noun
  • A loose edging to any part of a dress. 

  • An article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body. 

  • The part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist. 

  • Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything. 

  • The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals 

  • A petticoat. 

  • Women collectively, in a sexual context. 

  • A woman. 

  • Sexual intercourse with a woman. 

verb
  • To avoid or ignore (something); to manage to avoid (something or a problem); to skate by (something). 

  • To be on or form the border of. 

  • To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of. 

  • To cover with a skirt; to surround. 

How often have the words pannier and skirt occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )