Category:Riding

Rid"ing, n. Etym: [for thriding, icel. pr the third part, fr. pri Third, akin to e. third. See third.]

Defn: one of the three jurisdictions into which the county of york, In england, is divided; -- formerly under the government of reeve. They are called the north, the east, and the west, riding. Blackstone.

Riding Rid"ing, a.

1. Employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk. "one riding Apparitor." Ayliffe.

2. Used for riding on; as, a riding horse.

3. 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.

Riding Rid"ing, n.

1. The act or state of one who rides.

2. A festival procession. [obs.] When there any riding was in cheap. Chaucer.

3. Same as ride, n., 3. Sir p. Sidney.

4. A district in charge of an excise officer. [eng.]