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Riding clerk

Riding \Rid"ing\, a.

  1. Employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk. ``One riding apparitor.''
    --Ayliffe.

  2. Used for riding on; as, a riding horse.

  3. Used for riding, or when riding; devoted to riding; as, a riding whip; a riding habit; a riding day. Riding clerk.

    1. A clerk who traveled for a commercial house. [Obs. Eng.]

    2. One of the ``six clerks'' formerly attached to the English Court of Chancery. Riding hood.

      1. A hood formerly worn by women when riding.

      2. A kind of cloak with a hood.

        Riding master, an instructor in horsemanship.

        Riding rhyme (Pros.), the meter of five accents, with couplet rhyme; -- probably so called from the mounted pilgrims described in the Canterbury Tales.
        --Dr. Guest.

        Riding school, a school or place where the art of riding is taught.