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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Riding \Rid"ing\, a.
1. Employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk. "One
riding apparitor." --Ayliffe.
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2. Used for riding on; as, a riding horse.
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3. Used for riding, or when riding; devoted to riding; as, a
riding whip; a riding habit; a riding day.
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{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.
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