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ridered, a.|ˈraɪdəd| [f. rider n.] 1. Geol. Of rocks: Traversed by riders.
1833–4Phillips Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VI. 771/1 A rock thus penetrated by strings is sometimes said to be ridered. Ibid., In many rocks these ridered parts are very greatly altered from their original state. 2. U.S. Of a fence: Strengthened with riders. Also, of a building: having a ridered fence (rare). Cf. stake n.1 2 c.
1852Trans. Mich. Agric. Soc. III. 333 The staked and ridered domicil. 1855Chicago Weekly Times 17 May 3/5 A whirlwind..scattered in every direction a strong ‘staked and ridered fence’. 1885‘C. E. Craddock’ Prophet Gt. Smoky Mts. xii. 231 The corn that Dordain had ploughed on the steep slope was high, and waved above the staked and ridered fence. 1890C. L. Norton Political Americanisms 95 Such a fence is ‘staked and ridered’ when stakes are driven in the angles and a rider laid on top of them. 1891Harper's Mag. Mar. 544/2 The staked and ridered rail-fence. 1946G. Foreman Last Trek of Indians 169 All their farms were inclosed with good rail fences sufficiently high to secure their crops, many of them ‘staked and ridered’. |