Definitions for: Pillion


[n] a seat behind the rider of a horse or motorbike etc.



Webster (1913) Definition: Pil"lion, n. [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.]
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.

See Also: seat

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