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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pillion  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pillion 
  n  :  a  seat  behind  the  rider  of  a  horse  or  motorbike  etc 




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