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horsemanship|ˈhɔːsmənʃɪp|
[f. prec. + -ship.]
The art of riding on horseback; skill or expertness in riding, equestrian performance. Formerly including the breeding, rearing, and management of horses; the duties of the manège.
1565Blundevil (title) The Fower Chiefest Offices belonging to Horsemanshippe, that is to say, The Office of the Breeder, of the Rider, of the Keeper, and of the Ferrer. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. iii. (1586) 19 When we entreat of horsemanship, and breaking of horses. 1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 205 The nature of the countrey is not fitte for horsemanshippe. 1727–41Chambers Cycl., Horsemanship, in its latitude, includes what relates to the make, colour, age, temper, and qualities of horses. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 479 The Tartars are inured to horsemanship from their infancy: they seldom appear on foot. 1816Keatinge Trav. (1817) II. 102 The show exhibited very capital horsemanship. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 375 Gymnastic and horsemanship are as suitable to women as to men.
attrib.1825Scott Fam. Lett. 5 Nov. (1894) II. 369, I hope in God you will not break Jane's neck with your horsemanship experiments. |