riding

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪ.dɪŋ/ Rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ Homophone: writing (t-flapping) Hyphenation: rid‧ing === Etymology 1 === From Middle English rydyng; equivalent to ride +‎ -ing. ==== Verb ==== riding present participle and gerund of ride ==== Noun ==== riding (countable and uncountable, plural ridings) A path cut through woodland. Synonyms: royd (dialectal), thwaite, assart Coordinate terms: glade, meadow, clearcut The act of one who rides; a mounted excursion. Synonym: ride The behaviour in the motion of a vehicle, such as oscillation. (historical) A festival procession. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From trithing (initial /t/ absorbed into preceding north, south, east, west, inner ⟨th⟩ already sometimes /d/ in Middle English), from Middle English trithing, tridinge, from Old English *þriþing, from Old Norse þriðjungr (“third part”), from Proto-Germanic *þridjô (“third”) (English third). Equivalent to third +‎ -ing; compare with farthing (“fourth part”). Cognate with English trithing. The folk etymology that connects the term to the area a horse-rider could cover in a single day is incorrect, but may have influenced the spelling and pronunciation. ==== Noun ==== riding (plural ridings) (historical) Any of the three administrative divisions of Yorkshire and some other northern counties of England. (Canada) Electoral district or constituency. ===== Derived terms ===== East Riding, East Riding of Yorkshire North Riding, North Riding of Yorkshire (Canada) riding association West Riding, West Riding of Yorkshire ===== Translations ===== === See also === wapentake === Anagrams === grid-in, dingir, Ingrid, Dingri == Middle English == === Noun === riding alternative form of rydyng (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === ridning riing === Etymology === From ride (“to ride”) +‎ -ing (“action/result-forming noun suffix”); equivalent to ridning (“riding; equestrianism”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈriː.dɪŋ/ Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ Hyphenation: ri‧ding === Noun === riding f or m (definite singular ridinga or ridingen, indefinite plural ridinger, definite plural ridingene) alternative form of ridning (“riding; equestrianism”) === References === “ridning” in The Bokmål Dictionary.