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ˈoutˌriding, vbl. n.
[out- 9.]
The action of riding out; spec. raiding, marauding. Also, U.S., the work of an outrider (sense 6); a spell of executing this. Also as ppl. a.; spec. applied to a syllable in the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins: see outride n. 3.
1568Grafton Chron. I. 185 When the tyme came of her out ryding none sawe her, but her husband. a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 287 The Inhabitants of Thrachonitis..were by him restrained of out-riding, robbing, and spoyling of their neighbours, their ancient practise. 1812Scott Let. to Crabbe in Lockhart, His [Robin Hood's] indistinct ideas concerning the doctrine of meum and tuum being no great objection to an outriding Borderer. 1877G. M. Hopkins Let. 21 Aug. (1935) 45 There are no outriding feet in the Deutschland. An outriding foot is..a recognized extra-metrical effect; it is and it is not part of the metre..not being counted... Outriding feet belong to counterpointed verse. c1883― Poems (1918) 5 These outriding half feet or hangers are marked by a loop underneath. 1907C. E. Mulford Bar-20 6 Skinny Thompson took his turn at outriding one morning after the season's round-up. 1926D. Branch Cowboy & his Interpreters 94 Groups of cowboys rode on inspection trips, ‘out-ridings’, to locate the scattered groups of cattle, to note the condition of grass and water [etc.]. 1953W. H. Gardner in G. M. Hopkins Sel. Poems & Prose 224 The rhythm is sprung and outriding. 1968R. F. Adams Western Words (rev. ed.) 214/2 Outriding, performing the duties of an outrider..; also called range riding. 1973[see outride n. 3]. |