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Riding
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 A path cut through woodland. countable, uncountable
- 2 Any of the three administrative divisions of Yorkshire and some other northern counties of England. historical
- 3 travel by being carried on horseback wordnet
- 4 The act of one who rides; a mounted excursion. countable, uncountable
"I like nothing better than to hear of your ridings, and shootings, and boatings."
- 5 Electoral district or constituency. Canada
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- 6 the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements wordnet
- 7 The behaviour in the motion of a vehicle, such as oscillation. countable, uncountable
"The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order."
- 8 A festival procession. countable, historical, uncountable
"It was sung from the top of the oldest house in the burgh every June at the Common riding, which served both for a perambulation of the bounds of the common pastures or Haughs and to commemorate the young men of Harwick[.]"
- 1 present participle and gerund of ride form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
From Middle English rydyng; equivalent to ride + -ing.
From Middle English rydyng; equivalent to ride + -ing.
PIE word *tréyes From trithing (initial /t/ absorbed into preceding north, south, east, west, inner ⟨th⟩ already sometimes /d/ in Middle English), from Middle English trithing, tridinge, from Old English *þriþing, from Old Norse þriðjungr (“third part”), from Proto-Germanic *þridjô (“third”) (English third). Equivalent to third + -ing; compare with farthing (“fourth part”). Cognate with English trithing. 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.
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