Pillion

//ˈpɪljən// adv, noun, verb

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Riding behind the driving rider, as when positioned on the rump of a mount. not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    A pad behind the saddle of a horse for a second rider.

    "It was all the greater triumph to Miss Nancy Lammeter's beauty that she looked thoroughly bewitching in that costume, as, seated on the pillion behind her tall, erect father, she held one arm round him, and looked down, with open-eyed anxiety, at the treacherous snow-covered pools and puddles, which sent up formidable splashings of mud under the stamp of Dobbin's foot."

  2. 2
    a seat behind the rider of a horse or motorbike etc. wordnet
  3. 3
    A similar second saddle on a motorcycle for a passenger.
  4. 4
    The person riding in the pillion.
  5. 5
    The cushion of a saddle.
Verb
  1. 1
    To ride on a pillion.

    "When he had gazed at the stars sufficiently as they shone over his mistress's window, and put her candle to bed, re repaired to his own dormitory, and there, no doubt, thought of his Maria andhis horse with youthful satisfaction, and how sweet it would be to have one pillioned on the other, and to make the tour of all the island on such an animal with such a pair of white arms round his waist."

  2. 2
    To put a pillion on a horse.

    "Accordingly, he saddled and pillioned his horse, thinking he might have the honor of bringing the bride himself."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Scottish Gaelic pillean (“little rug”), from Latin pellis (“animal skin, pelt”).

Etymology 2

From Scottish Gaelic pillean (“little rug”), from Latin pellis (“animal skin, pelt”).

Etymology 3

From Scottish Gaelic pillean (“little rug”), from Latin pellis (“animal skin, pelt”).

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