- that rides
- used in or for riding or traveling: a riding costume, riding horses
- designed to be operated by a rider: a riding mower
the act of a person or thing that rides
riding
rid·ing- any of the three former administrative divisions (North Riding, East Riding, and West Riding) of Yorkshire, England
- any similar division in the Commonwealth; specif., a Canadian electoral district
Origin of riding
Middle English (t)riding from Old English -thrithing, a third part (only in Classical Latin contexts) from Old Norse thrithjungr from thrithi, third: initial t was lost to the preceding sound in compounds formed with North-, East-, and West-Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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riding
noun
- The act of riding.
- Horseback riding.
noun
- An administrative division or electoral division in Canada.
- Any one of three former administrative divisions of Yorkshire, England.
Origin of riding
Middle English alteration of trithing from Old English thrithing from Old Norse thridhjungr third part from thridhi third ; see trei- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
- Present participle of ride.
Noun
(plural ridings)
- Historically, one of the three administrative divisions of Yorkshire and some other northern counties.
- (Canada) Electoral district or constituency.
Origin
From Middle English, from Old English *þriðing, from Old Norse þriðjungr (“third part")
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