pillion

American  

[pil-yuhn] / ˈpɪl yən /

noun

1. a pad or cushion attached behind a saddle, especially as a seat for a woman.

2. a pad, cushion, saddle, or the like, used as a passenger seat on a bicycle, motor scooter, etc.

3. a passenger's saddle or seat behind the driver's seat on a motorcycle.

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pillion British  

/ ˈpɪljən /

noun

1. a seat or place behind the rider of a motorcycle, scooter, horse, etc

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adverb

1. on a pillion

   to ride pillion

Etymology

Origin of pillion

1495–1505; < Scots Gaelic pillinn or Irish pillín, diminutive of peall skin, rug blanket, MIr pell < Latin pellis skin

Example Sentences

A woman, 25, who was pillion passenger on the motorcycle, was critically injured, the Met Police said.

From BBC

Motorbike pillion passenger Liam Scott, 21, suffered a fatal head injury.

From BBC

She had a bike when she left school and had been pillion on her husband John's bike for 10 years, travelling to places including Ireland and Wales, but she never got her own full licence.

From BBC

At one point in the clashes, rioters pulled down a police officer riding pillion in a column of motorcycle police.

From Seattle Times

He then fixed a steel box on the bike’s pillion seat.

From Seattle Times