riding
See also: Riding
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪdɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ
- Hyphenation: rid‧ing
Etymology 1
From Middle English rydyng; equivalent to ride + -ing.
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?)
Derived terms
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)
- (historical) Any 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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Derived terms
See also
Middle English
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