Pillion

For the racehorse, see Pillion (horse).
Rider with pillion on a Honda CB600F

A pillion is a secondary pad, cushion, or seat behind the main seat or saddle on a motorcycle or moped.[1][2][3] A passenger in this seat is said to "ride pillion". The word is derived from the Scottish Gaelic for "little rug", pillean, from the Latin pellis, "animal skin". One or more pelts often were used as a secondary seat on horseback; the usage has carried over to motorcycles.

  1. ^ Pillion - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, retrieved 2010-02-26
  2. ^ "pillion - Definition of Pillion in English by Oxford Dictionaries". OxfordDictionaries.com. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2019-05-11. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  3. ^ "American Heritage Dictionary Entry - pillion". American Heritage Dictionary. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Archived from the original on 2019-05-11. Retrieved 2019-05-11.