Rid"ing (rīd"&ibreve;ng), n. [For
thriding, Icel. þriðjungr the third part, fr.
þriði third, akin to E. third. See
Third.] 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, 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.
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.]
Rid"ing (rīd"&ibreve;ng), n. [For
thriding, Icel. þriðjungr the third part, fr.
þriði third, akin to E. third. See
Third.] 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, 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.
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.]
