PILLION

Pillion

A pillion is a mostly British English term for a secondary pad, cushion, or seat behind the main seat or saddle on a horse, motorcycle, bicycle or moped. A passenger in this seat is said to "ride pillion" or may themselves be referred to as a "pillion." The word is derived from the Scottish Gaelic for a "little rug," pillean, which is itself from the Latin pellis for "animal skin." One or more pelts would often have been used as a secondary seat on horseback; the usage has carried over to motorcycles.

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pillion

Noun

  1. A pad behind the saddle of a horse for a second rider.
  2. A similar second saddle on a motorcycle for a passenger.
  3. The person riding in the pillion.

Adverb

  1. Riding behind the driving rider, as when positioned on the rump of a mount.


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