PILLION

pillion. Pillion, n. a cushion for women to ride on behind a person

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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 shank pillion without stirrups. Spenser.