riding 1
/ruy"ding/ , n.
1. the act of a person or thing that rides.
adj.
2. used in traveling or in riding: riding clothes.
[ bef. 1000; ME (n., adj.); OE ridende (adj.). See RIDE, -ING 1 , -ING 2 ]
riding 2
/ruy"ding/ , n.
1. any of the three administrative divisions into which Yorkshire, England, is divided, namely, North Riding, East Riding, and West Riding.
2. any similar administrative division elsewhere.
[ 1250-1300; ME triding, OE * thriding thridjungr third part; t- (of ME), var. of th- (of OE), lost by assimilation to -t in east, west, which commonly preceded ]