Category:Pillion

Pil"lion, n. Etym: [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.]

Defn: 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.