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pillion

[ pil-yuhn ]

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noun

a pad or cushion attached behind a saddle, especially as a seat for a woman.
a pad, cushion, saddle, or the like, used as a passenger seat on a bicycle, motor scooter, etc.
a passenger's saddle or seat behind the driver's seat on a motorcycle.

pillion

/ ˈpɪljən /

Origin of pillion¹

1495–1505; < Scots Gaelic pillinn or Irish pillín, diminutive of peall skin, rug blanket, MIr pell < Latin pellis skin

Origin of pillion¹

C16: from Gaelic; compare Scottish pillean, Irish pillīn couch; related to Latin pellis skin

The saddle of Maitre Perrot had a pillion attached behind for a lady, but this was at present untenanted.

"An officer and eight men," he whispered to Rupert as he leapt into the saddle, while Rupert lifted Adele on to the pillion.

Clem had met her in Jackson with his nag, and she was riding, mountain-fashion, on a pillion behind him.

Young Mr. Beall carried his bride on a pillion behind him, her red riding-cloak flung over her ball dress.

But it was long before it began to supplant the post-horses and the feminine pillion.

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