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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.