pillion
(noun) a seat behind the rider of a horse or motorbike etc.
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
pillion (comparative more pillion, superlative most pillion)
Riding behind the driving rider, as when positioned on the rump of a mount.
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
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
26 December 2024
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
