pillion
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pillion
- /ˈpɪljən/
Rhymes with -ɪljən
Where it comes from
From Scottish Gaelic pillean (“little rug”), from Latin pellis (“animal skin, pelt”).
noun pillions
- A pad behind the saddle of a horse for a second rider. It was all the greater triumph to Miss Nancy Lammeter's beauty that she looked thoroughly bewitching in that costume, as, seated on the pillion behind her tall, erect father, she held one arm round him, and looked down, with open-eyed anxiety, at the treacherous snow-covered pools and puddles, which
- A similar second saddle on a bicycle or motorcycle for a passenger. She was to creep out quietly […] and meet me at our usual trysting place—a spot a few hundred yards from our respective abodes. I would be there with my iron steed, and on the pillion thereof would whirl her into fairyland.
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The person riding in the pillion.
Similar: pillionist
- The cushion of a saddle.
adverb
- Riding behind the driving rider, as when positioned on the rump of a mount.
verb pillions · pillioning · pillioned
- To place (a person) on a pillion. When he had gazed at the stars sufficiently as they shone over his mistress's window, and put her candle to bed, repaired to his own dormitory, and there, no doubt, thought of his Maria and his horse with youthful satisfaction, and how sweet it would be to have one pillioned on the other, and to mak
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To ride on a pillion.
I caught the train just after you went (it was a good idea, that pillion ride - though pretty awful pillioning with a suitcase and masterpiece in one's arms!) and dumped the m-p in London on Emery Walker, to be photographed half size and collotyped, 100 copies.
Similar: ride bitch, ride pillion
- To put a pillion on a horse. Accordingly, he saddled and pillioned his horse, thinking he might have the honor of bringing the bride himself.
Translations
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noun pad behind horse's saddle
| Español | grupera |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Sattelkissen |
noun second saddle on a motorcycle
| Español | asiento de pasajero, asiento trasero |
|---|---|
| Français | siège passager |
| Deutsch | Sozius, Soziussitz |
noun person riding in the pillion
| Español | pasajero de paquete |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Sozius, Sozia |
adv riding behind the driving rider
| Español | de paquete |
|---|
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title = {pillion},
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