pillioning

Verb

pillion (third-person singular simple present pillions, present participle pillioning, simple past and past participle pillioned)

1. (transitive) To place (a person) on a pillion.
   • When he had gazed at the stars sufficiently as they shone over his mistress's window, and put her candle to bed, repaired to his own dormitory, and there, no doubt, thought of his Maria and his horse with youthful satisfaction, and how sweet it would be to have one pillioned on the other, and to...1857–1859, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1858–1859, →OCLC
2. (intransitive) To ride on a pillion.
   • I caught the train just after you went (it was a good idea, that pillion ride - though pretty awful pillioning with a suitcase and masterpiece in one's arms!) and dumped the m-p in London on Emery Walker, to be photographed half size and collotyped, 100 copies.1935 January 31, Thomas Edward Lawrence, Letter to Pat Knowles

   Synonyms:

   ride bitch, ride pillion

3. To put a pillion on a horse.
   • Accordingly, he saddled and pillioned his horse, thinking he might have the honor of bringing the bride himself.1764, Dennis Donovan, Jacob Andrews Woodward, The History of the Town of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire,1735-1905

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