Definition of Pilion
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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 Nuttall Encyclopedia
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