Riding

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A festival procession.

II. Riding ·noun ·same·as Ride, ·noun, 3.

III. Riding ·noun The act or state of one who rides.

IV. Riding ·adj Used for riding on; as, a riding horse.

V. Riding ·noun A district in charge of an excise officer.

VI. Riding ·adj Employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk.

VII. Riding ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Ride.

VIII. Riding ·adj Used for riding, or when riding; devoted to riding; as, a riding whip; a riding habit; a riding day.

IX. Riding ·noun 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.