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Webster 1913 Edition
Riding
Rid′ing
(rīd′ĭng)
, Noun.
One of the three jurisdictions into which the county of York, in England, is divided; – formerly under the government of a reeve. They are called the North, the East, and the West, Riding.
Blackstone.
Rid′ing
,Adj.
1.
Employed to travel; traveling;
“One riding apparitor.” as, a
. riding
clerkAyliffe.
2.
Used for riding on;
as, a
. riding
horse3.
Used for riding, or when riding; devoted to riding;
as, a
riding
whip; a riding
habit; a riding
day.Riding clerk
. (a)
A clerk who traveled for a commercial house
. [Obs. Eng.]
(b)
One of the “six clerks” formerly attached to the English Court of Chancery.
– Riding hood
. (a)
A hood formerly worn by women when riding
. (b)
A kind of cloak with a hood.
– Riding master
, an instructor in horsemanship.
– Riding rhyme
(Pros.)
, the meter of five accents, with couplet rhyme; – probably so called from the mounted pilgrims described in the Canterbury Tales.
Dr. Guest.
– Riding school
, a school or place where the art of riding is taught.
Rid′ing
,Noun.
1.
The act or state of one who rides.
2.
A festival procession.
[Obs.]
When there any
riding
was in Cheap. Chaucer.
4.
A district in charge of an excise officer.
[Eng.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Riding
RI'DING
,ppr.
1.
Passing or traveling on a beast or in a vehicle; floating.2.
a. Employed to travel on any occasion.No suffragan bishop shall have more than one riding apparitor.
RI'DING
, n.1.
A road cut in a wood or through a ground, for the diversion of riding therein.2.
[corrupted from trithing, third.] One of the three intermediate jurisdictions between a three and a hundred, into which the county of York, in England, is divided, anciently under the government of a reeve.Definition 2024
riding
riding
English
Verb
riding
- present participle of ride
Noun
riding (countable and uncountable, plural ridings)
- A path cut through woodland.
- The act of one who rides; a mounted excursion.
- 1853, Charlotte Mary Yonge, The Heir of Redclyffe (volume 1, page 95)
- I like nothing better than to hear of your ridings, and shootings, and boatings.
- 1853, Charlotte Mary Yonge, The Heir of Redclyffe (volume 1, page 95)
- (obsolete) A festival procession.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
Etymology 2
From trithing, from Middle English, from Old English *þriðing, from Old Norse þriðjungr (“third part”). The folk etymology that connects the term to the area a horse-rider could cover in a single day is incorrect, but may have influenced the spelling and pronunciation. Cognate with English trithing.
Noun
riding (plural ridings)
- Historically, one of the three administrative divisions of Yorkshire and some other northern counties of England.
- (Canada) Electoral district or constituency.
Translations
electoral district or constituency in Canada
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