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pillion
(encz) | pillion,tandem n: Zdeněk Brož |
Pillion
(gcide) | 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.]
1. 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.
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His [a soldier's] shank pillion without stirrups.
--Spenser.
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2. A saddle or seat behind the driver's saddle on a
motorcycle, used by passengers.
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pillion
(wn) | pillion
n 1: a seat behind the rider of a horse or motorbike etc. |
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Pillion
(gcide) | 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.]
1. 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.
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2. A saddle or seat behind the driver's saddle on a
motorcycle, used by passengers.
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Pompillion
(gcide) | Pompillion \Pom*pil"lion\, n.
An ointment or pomatum made of black poplar buds. [Obs.]
--Cotgrave.
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