Riding
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ
Origin 1
Verb
riding- Present participle of ride
Full definition of riding
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.
- (obsolete) A festival procession.
Origin 2
From Middle English, from Old English *þriðing (""), from Old Norse þriðjungr ("third part")
Noun
riding
(plural ridings)- Historically, one of the three administrative divisions of Yorkshire and some other northern counties.
- (Canada) Electoral district or constituency.