PILLION

pillion

(noun) a seat behind the rider of a horse or motorbike etc.

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

pillion (plural pillions)

A pad behind the saddle of a horse for a second rider.

A similar second saddle on a motorcycle for a passenger.

The person riding in the pillion.

The cushion of a saddle.

Adverb

pillion (comparative more pillion, superlative most pillion)

Riding behind the driving rider, as when positioned on the rump of a mount.

Verb

pillion (third-person singular simple present pillions, present participle pillioning, simple past and past participle pillioned)

To ride on a pillion.

To put a pillion on a horse.

Source: Wiktionary

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Pil"lion, n. Etym: [Ir. pillin, pilliun (akin to Gael. pillean, pillin), fr. Ir. & Gael. pill, peall, a skin or hide, prob. fr. L. pellis. See Pell, n., Fell skin.]

Definition: A panel or cushion saddle; the under pad or cushion of saddle; esp., a pad or cushion put on behind a man's saddle, on which a woman may ride. His [a soldier's] shank pillion without stirrups. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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