equitationn.
/ɛkwɪˈteɪʃən/ a. The action, art, or habit of riding on, or as on, horseback; horsemanship.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > art of horse-riding
equitation1562
horsemanship1566
cavalry1591
cavallerice1607
manège1814
school riding1859
equestrianism1872
equestrianizing1886
monkey drill1906
1562 W. Bullein Bk. Use Sicke Men f. 67v, in Bulwarke of Defence Equitacion..must be used upon a soft easie goyng horse.
1771 E. Gibbon Let. 1 Oct. (1956) I. 294 I have got a droll little Poney, and intend to renew the long-forgotten practice of Equitation.
1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. ii. 39 Military Equitation may be divided into three parts.
1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 51 Witching the world with noble ‘equitation’.
1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 116 Broomsticks..the canonical instruments of their nocturnal equitation.
b. An excursion, a ride on horseback.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > a ride or spell of riding or excursion
roadeOE
ridinga1325
train1575
trotc1650
ride1708
equitation1728
outride1740
horse-ride1903
1728 Let. in Nichols Illustr. Lit. Hist. IV. 497 I have lately made a few rural equitations to visit some seats, gardens, etc.
1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. ix. 262 Sterling was at his poetisings and equitations again.
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