riding
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riding¹
- /ˈɹaɪ.dɪŋ/
Sounds like writing (t-flapping) · Rhymes with -aɪdɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English rydyng; equivalent to ride + -ing.
verb
- present participle and gerund of ride
noun ridings
- A path cut through woodland.
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The act of one who rides; a mounted excursion.
I like nothing better than to hear of your ridings, and shootings, and boatings.
Similar: ride
- The behaviour in the motion of a vehicle, such as oscillation. The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order.
- A festival procession. It was sung from the top of the oldest house in the burgh every June at the Common riding, which served both for a perambulation of the bounds of the common pastures or Haughs and to commemorate the young men of Harwick[.]
riding²
- /ˈɹaɪ.dɪŋ/
Sounds like writing (t-flapping) · Rhymes with -aɪdɪŋ
Where it comes from
PIE word
*tréyes
From trithing (initial /t/ absorbed into preceding north, south, east, west, inner ⟨th⟩ already sometimes /d/ in Middle English), from Middle English trithing, tridinge, from Old English *þriþing, from Old Norse þriðjungr (“third part”), from Proto-Germanic *þridjô (“third”) (English third). Equivalent to third + -ing; compare with farthing (“fourth part”). Cognate with English trithing.
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.
noun ridings
- Any of the three administrative divisions of Yorkshire and some other northern counties of England.
- Electoral district or constituency. Ontario shall be divided into the Counties, Ridings of Counties, Cities, Parts of Cities, and Towns enumerated in the First Schedule to this Act[…]
Riding³
proper noun Ridings
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: equitation, awheel, moving, horseback riding, gear, driveability, carrying, driving, driver, overlapping, hiking, horseback, equestrian, flying, climbing, horse
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noun electoral district or constituency in Canada
| Français | circonscription, comté |
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