GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found one definition

1.       
   Pillion , 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.
   1913 Webster
   His [a soldier's] shank pillion without stirrups.
   Spenser.
   
   1913 Webster
   A saddle or seat behind the driver's saddle on a motorcycle, used by passengers.
   PJC