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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Ir.

pillin

pilliun

(akin to Gael.

pillean

pillin

), fr. Ir. & Gael.

pill

peall

, a skin or hide, prob. fr. L.

pellis

. See

Noun.

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.

His [a soldier's] shank

pillion

without stirrups.

Spenser.

Noun.

pil'yun, [L. pilus, hair, or from stuffing. See Pillow.]

A cushion for a woman to ride on behind a person on horseback.

A pad; a pannel; a low saddle.

The pad of a saddle that rests on the horse's back.