• Riding

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ

    Origin 1

    Verb

    riding
    1. Present participle of ride

    Full definition of riding

    Noun

    riding

    (countable and uncountable; plural ridings)
    1. A path cut through woodland.
    2. 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.
    3. (obsolete) A festival procession.

    Origin 2

    From Middle English, from Old English *þriðing (""), from Old Norse þriðjungr ("third part")

    Noun

    riding

    (plural ridings)
    1. Historically, one of the three administrative divisions of Yorkshire and some other northern counties.
    2. (Canada) Electoral district or constituency.

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