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rid|ing
rid|ing1 «RY dihng», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. the act of a person or thing that rides.
2. a road for persons riding a bicycle or on horseback.
–adj.
1. that rides; traveling.
2. used for riding or when riding: »

An average riding horse eats about 4 to 6 tons of hay a year (Sunset).

rid|ing2 «RY dihng», noun.
1. one of the three administrative divisions of Yorkshire, England.
2. a similar division elsewhere, as in Canada or New Zealand. »

He flew back to his own riding in Toronto just in time to watch the voters give him the greatest majority ever won by a candidate in the constituency's history (Maclean's).

╂[Middle English thriding < Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic thridjungr one third); the th- was assimilated to a previous -t or -th, as in East Thriding, North Thriding]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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