Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pad or cushion for an extra rider behind the saddle on a horse or motorcycle.
- noun A bicycle or motorcycle saddle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A saddle, especially a light and simple saddle without a raised bow and pommel.
- noun A pad or cushion fitted for adjustment to a saddle behind as a seat for a second person, usually a woman.
- noun In mining, tin recovered from the slags in the smelting of that metal. This is done by repeated stamping, sifting, and washing.
- noun A head-dress, as of a priest; a hat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
pad behind thesaddle of ahorse for a secondrider . - noun A similar second saddle on a
motorcycle for apassenger . - noun The person riding in the pillion.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a seat behind the rider of a horse or motorbike etc.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A pillion is a sort of a very low-backed arm-chair, and was fastened on the horse's croup, behind the saddle, on which a man rode who had all the care of managing the horse, while the lady sat at her ease, supporting herself by grasping a belt which he wore, or passing her arm around his body, if the _gentleman was not too ticklish_.
The Arabian Art of Taming and Training Wild and Vicious Horses P. R. Kincaid
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A pillion was the grandest equipage, and a plain blue and white gown, with primly starched apron, was the common attire of the New England dames.
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A pillion was a padded cushion with straps which sometimes had on one side a sort of platform-stirrup.
Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881
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A pillion was a cushion strapped on behind a man's saddle, and from it sometimes hung a small platform or double stirrup on which a woman rider could rest her feet.
Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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I can hear my old '65 BSA, too, and my' 71 BMW boxer twin, which took me west to the Rockies and east to the Atlantic and south to Florida with Karen riding pillion.
I Love Her, but She May Be Too Expensive Stephen Kreider Yoder 2010
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Thinking they wanted directions, I was about to roll down the window when I noticed the handgun the pillion rider was pointing at me.
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As I rode pillion with the boy I loved, I sang it into the wind just for the joy of it.
Family life 2011
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I remember making weird faces just to cheer you up and assuring you that you will be my only female pillion rider ever.
Rain Alfred Lau 2010
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You got onto the pillion seat behind me, your hands wrapped around my waist tightly.
Rain Alfred Lau 2010
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"Just to make sure I will be the only female pillion rider you will ever have," you teased.
Rain Alfred Lau 2010
brtom commented on the word pillion
Sit her horse like a man. Weightcarrying huntress. No sidesaddle or pillion for her, not for Joe.
Joyce, Ulysses, 8
January 3, 2007
delcj commented on the word pillion
a much nicer way to say "bitch seat"
June 12, 2008
reesetee commented on the word pillion
Yeah. Much nicer.
Sheesh.
June 12, 2008