About The Word Pillion
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Pillion
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What's The Definition Of Pillion?
[n] a seat behind the rider of a horse or motorbike etc.
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pillion: Related Terms | Find terms related to Pillion: See Also | seat Pillion In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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