单词 | equitation |
释义 | equitationn. a. The action, art, or habit of riding on, or as on, horseback; horsemanship. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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