Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Lanier
Lan′ier (lăn′yẽr), n. [F. lanière. See Lanyard.] [Written also lanner, lanyer.] 1. A thong of leather; a whip lash. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
2. A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like. Fairholt.