pillion vs prie-dieu

pillion

noun
  • The cushion of a saddle. 

  • The person riding in the pillion. 

  • A similar second saddle on a motorcycle for a passenger. 

  • A pad behind the saddle of a horse for a second rider. 

verb
  • To ride on a pillion. 

  • To put a pillion on a horse. 

adv
  • Riding behind the driving rider, as when positioned on the rump of a mount. 

prie-dieu

noun
  • A piece of furniture on which someone can pray, consisting of a cushioned area to kneel on, with a built-in ledge for books. 

How often have the words pillion and prie-dieu occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )