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What's The Definition Of Riding?

\Rid"ing\ (r[imac]d"[i^]ng), n. [For thriding, Icel. [thorn]ri[eth]jungr the third part, fr. [thorn]ri[eth]i 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.]