pillion

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈpɪljən/

Noun

A pad behind the saddle of a horse for a second rider. / (motorcycling) A similar second saddle on a motorcycle for a passenger. / The person riding in the pillion. / The cushion of a saddle.

Japanese Meaning

ウマの鞍の後部に設けられる、補助的な乗車用のパッドや座部 / オートバイの助手席部分に設けられる、補助的な座部 / ウマやオートバイに同乗する人、同乗者 / 鞍のクッション部分、パッド

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She climbed onto the pillion behind the rider and held on as the horse trotted down the lane.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は騎手の後ろにある二人目の乗り手用の鞍の後部パッドに乗り、馬が小道を進む間しっかりとつかまっていた。

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Sense（1）

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 sent up formidable splashings of mud under the stamp of Dobbin's foot.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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Sense（2）

(motorcycling) A similar second saddle on a motorcycle for a passenger.

Sense（3）

The person riding in the pillion.

Sense（4）

The cushion of a saddle.

pillions

（ plural ）

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