pillion

Meanings

Noun

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

Adverb

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

Verb

• To ride on a pillion.
• To put a pillion on a horse.

Origin

• From Scottish Gaelic pillean, from Latin pellis ("animal skin, pelt").