ride and tien.adj.adv.

Brit.

/ˌrʌɪd ən(d) ˈtʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈraɪd ən(d) ˈtaɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to ride and tie at ride v. Phrases 2d.

Etymology: < to ride and tie at ride v. Phrases 2d.

A. n.

A means of travel or (in later use) a competitive event in which two (or more) people share one horse and take turns to ride the horse ahead and tie it up for the person (or persons) following behind on foot; (in extended use) the action of alternating or taking turns. Cf. to ride and tie at ride v. Phrases 2d.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > travel by alternately riding and walking

ride and tie1791

1791 T. Paine Rights of Man i. 61 It is like what the country people call ‘Ride and tie—You ride a little way, and then I’.

1826 S. Smith Wks. (1859) II. 124/1 It must absolutely be ride-and-tie with them; the butcher must hear the baker in the morning [etc.].

1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 159 Dinah having given to each of the four the half of a year's schooling, upon the principle of ride and tie, little Lucy going one day, and little Patty the next.

1867 C. Knight Begg'd at Court xii. 228 Which of we shall mount first, for ride and tie is the fashion in these parts, when there's one horse twixt two friends.

1937 R. C. Jenkins Henry Barnard ii. 17 After several vacations, this trip of 38 miles grew wearisome..and led him to follow a brilliant scheme called ‘Ride and Tie’.

1972 North Hills News Rec. (Warrendale, Pa.) 24–5 June 4/4 The young people going to church used a method of transportation known as ‘Ride and Tie’.

1985 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 31 Oct. (Sports section) d16 The Cuyamaca Ride and Tie will pit race teams composed of two runners and one horse against each other.

2008 Carstairs (Alberta) Courier (Nexis) 17 June (Sports section) 18 The ride is one of several hosted across Alberta every year which invites riders to compete in trail riding, endurance and ride and tie.

B. adj.

Frequently hyphenated. Of or relating to a means of travel or (in later use) a competitive event that involves shared alternate progress on foot and on horseback; (in extended use) that involves alternating or taking turns.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [adjective] > and walking alternately

ride and tie1809

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. v. i. 416 We journeyed on the ride-and-tie principle.

1824 Examiner 434/1 It is a ride-and-tie system with him.

1877 Fraser's Mag. June 784/2 At last our chemist, some of the doctors, and myself kept up a ride and tie watch.

1922 C. M. Burton City of Detroit 673 For trips across the state the ‘ride and tie’ method was sometimes used.

1958 Progress-Index (Petersburg-Colonial Heights, Va.) 9 Nov. 4/7 Travelling by the ‘ride and tie’ method they passed through Prince Edward County and Lunenburg.

1971 Times-Standard (Eureka, Calif.) 6 June 20/2 A strenuous new sport, the ride-and-tie race, attracted 69 teams Sunday.

2007 A. Pavia & S. Sand Horseback Riding for Dummies 339 Ride and Tie events consist of a three-member team: two humans and a horse.

C. adv.

In a ride-and-tie manner.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [adverb] > riding and walking alternately

ride and tie1853

1853 E. Peterson Hist. Rhode Island 119 Frank and Ned afterwards came together, got an old horse from a pasture, and went ‘ride and tie’ to Newport.

1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xiii. 139 We were travelling ‘ride and tie’.

1941 T. H. Raddall Wedding Gift in Sat. Evening Post 29 Mar. 20/2 We'll go ride-and-tie... I'll ride about a mile, then I'll get down and tie the horse and walk on. When you come up to the horse, you mount and ride him a mile, and tie him, and walk on.

1993 D. Harington Ekaterina xxviii. 155 He was totally exhausted... ‘I'd better go ride and tie.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

d. to ride and tie. Cf. also to ride in tie at tie n. 8e.

(a) Of two (or occasionally three) people: to travel with one horse by alternately riding and walking, each person riding ahead for some distance and tying up the horse for the one following. In later use: to compete in an event involving shared alternate riding and running.

ΚΠ

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. ii. 138 They were both setting out, having agreed to ride and tie; a Method of Travelling much used by two Persons who have but one Horse between them.

1793 J. Boswell Principal Corrections Life Johnson 1/2 Both of them used to talk..of this their first journey to London. Garrick, evidently meaning to embellish a little, said one day in my hearing, ‘We rode and tied.’

1827 S. B. H. Judah Buccaneers I. ii. ii. 165 They can ride and tie, as did the worthy brethren Nehemiah Adams, and Zachariah Canter, who rode unto this wilderness in the glory of the Lord, on one steed.

1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 176 I never rode and tied (especially with three) before or since.

1908 J. W. Fox Trail of Lonesome Pine xxvii. 331 We won't ‘ride and tie’ back to town—but I'll take turns with you on the horse.

1947 M. P. Willcocks True-born Englishman xiv. 156 The two men, Joseph and Adams, determine to ‘ride and tie’, travelling down to Somerset, using the horse the Parson has borrowed from his clerk.

1985 B. Johns What is this Madness 107 The women who ride and tie are an impressive group.

2008 R. Toor Personal Rec. viii. 35 While we're riding and tying, making our exchanges going up a 4-mile stretch..we are keeping up with a solitary runner.

(b) In extended use: to alternate, to take turns. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1770 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances V. dclxv. 249 I Quitted our agreeable Friends at Downe Yesterday with a good deal of Regret, and am riding and tying with myself up to Dublin as fast as I can hop, step, and jump.

1797 S. J. Pratt Family Secrets V. xxxiii. 274 If it [sc. the letter] be long, why we can ride and tie you know, cousin. You a bit and I a bit.

1806 H. Macneill Poems (new ed.) II. 138 Whan folk are sair put, they maun e'en ‘ride and tie’.

1894 G. B. Hill Harvard College iv. 67 In this way, riding and tying as it were, they scampered through the whole Thirty-nine Articles just in time.

1920 Postal Rec. Apr. 88/3 There is a filibuster going on here now over it, Senators riding and tying, so to speak, and filibustering against this bill.

单词	ride and tie
释义	ride and tien.adj.adv. Brit. /ˌrʌɪd ən(d) ˈtʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈraɪd ən(d) ˈtaɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to ride and tie at ride v. Phrases 2d. Etymology: < to ride and tie at ride v. Phrases 2d. A. n. A means of travel or (in later use) a competitive event in which two (or more) people share one horse and take turns to ride the horse ahead and tie it up for the person (or persons) following behind on foot; (in extended use) the action of alternating or taking turns. Cf. to ride and tie at ride v. Phrases 2d. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > travel by alternately riding and walking ride and tie1791 1791 T. Paine Rights of Man i. 61 It is like what the country people call ‘Ride and tie—You ride a little way, and then I’. 1826 S. Smith Wks. (1859) II. 124/1 It must absolutely be ride-and-tie with them; the butcher must hear the baker in the morning [etc.]. 1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 159 Dinah having given to each of the four the half of a year's schooling, upon the principle of ride and tie, little Lucy going one day, and little Patty the next. 1867 C. Knight Begg'd at Court xii. 228 Which of we shall mount first, for ride and tie is the fashion in these parts, when there's one horse twixt two friends. 1937 R. C. Jenkins Henry Barnard ii. 17 After several vacations, this trip of 38 miles grew wearisome..and led him to follow a brilliant scheme called ‘Ride and Tie’. 1972 North Hills News Rec. (Warrendale, Pa.) 24–5 June 4/4 The young people going to church used a method of transportation known as ‘Ride and Tie’. 1985 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 31 Oct. (Sports section) d16 The Cuyamaca Ride and Tie will pit race teams composed of two runners and one horse against each other. 2008 Carstairs (Alberta) Courier (Nexis) 17 June (Sports section) 18 The ride is one of several hosted across Alberta every year which invites riders to compete in trail riding, endurance and ride and tie. B. adj. Frequently hyphenated. Of or relating to a means of travel or (in later use) a competitive event that involves shared alternate progress on foot and on horseback; (in extended use) that involves alternating or taking turns. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [adjective] > and walking alternately ride and tie1809 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. v. i. 416 We journeyed on the ride-and-tie principle. 1824 Examiner 434/1 It is a ride-and-tie system with him. 1877 Fraser's Mag. June 784/2 At last our chemist, some of the doctors, and myself kept up a ride and tie watch. 1922 C. M. Burton City of Detroit 673 For trips across the state the ‘ride and tie’ method was sometimes used. 1958 Progress-Index (Petersburg-Colonial Heights, Va.) 9 Nov. 4/7 Travelling by the ‘ride and tie’ method they passed through Prince Edward County and Lunenburg. 1971 Times-Standard (Eureka, Calif.) 6 June 20/2 A strenuous new sport, the ride-and-tie race, attracted 69 teams Sunday. 2007 A. Pavia & S. Sand Horseback Riding for Dummies 339 Ride and Tie events consist of a three-member team: two humans and a horse. C. adv. In a ride-and-tie manner. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [adverb] > riding and walking alternately ride and tie1853 1853 E. Peterson Hist. Rhode Island 119 Frank and Ned afterwards came together, got an old horse from a pasture, and went ‘ride and tie’ to Newport. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xiii. 139 We were travelling ‘ride and tie’. 1941 T. H. Raddall Wedding Gift in Sat. Evening Post 29 Mar. 20/2 We'll go ride-and-tie... I'll ride about a mile, then I'll get down and tie the horse and walk on. When you come up to the horse, you mount and ride him a mile, and tie him, and walk on. 1993 D. Harington Ekaterina xxviii. 155 He was totally exhausted... ‘I'd better go ride and tie.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas to ride and tie d. to ride and tie. Cf. also to ride in tie at tie n. 8e. (a) Of two (or occasionally three) people: to travel with one horse by alternately riding and walking, each person riding ahead for some distance and tying up the horse for the one following. In later use: to compete in an event involving shared alternate riding and running. ΚΠ 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. ii. 138 They were both setting out, having agreed to ride and tie; a Method of Travelling much used by two Persons who have but one Horse between them. View more context for this quotation 1793 J. Boswell Principal Corrections Life Johnson 1/2 Both of them used to talk..of this their first journey to London. Garrick, evidently meaning to embellish a little, said one day in my hearing, ‘We rode and tied.’ 1827 S. B. H. Judah Buccaneers I. ii. ii. 165 They can ride and tie, as did the worthy brethren Nehemiah Adams, and Zachariah Canter, who rode unto this wilderness in the glory of the Lord, on one steed. 1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 176 I never rode and tied (especially with three) before or since. 1908 J. W. Fox Trail of Lonesome Pine xxvii. 331 We won't ‘ride and tie’ back to town—but I'll take turns with you on the horse. 1947 M. P. Willcocks True-born Englishman xiv. 156 The two men, Joseph and Adams, determine to ‘ride and tie’, travelling down to Somerset, using the horse the Parson has borrowed from his clerk. 1985 B. Johns What is this Madness 107 The women who ride and tie are an impressive group. 2008 R. Toor Personal Rec. viii. 35 While we're riding and tying, making our exchanges going up a 4-mile stretch..we are keeping up with a solitary runner. (b) In extended use: to alternate, to take turns. Now rare. ΚΠ 1770 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances V. dclxv. 249 I Quitted our agreeable Friends at Downe Yesterday with a good deal of Regret, and am riding and tying with myself up to Dublin as fast as I can hop, step, and jump. 1797 S. J. Pratt Family Secrets V. xxxiii. 274 If it [sc. the letter] be long, why we can ride and tie you know, cousin. You a bit and I a bit. 1806 H. Macneill Poems (new ed.) II. 138 Whan folk are sair put, they maun e'en ‘ride and tie’. 1894 G. B. Hill Harvard College iv. 67 In this way, riding and tying as it were, they scampered through the whole Thirty-nine Articles just in time. 1920 Postal Rec. Apr. 88/3 There is a filibuster going on here now over it, Senators riding and tying, so to speak, and filibustering against this bill. extracted from ridev. < n.adj.adv.1791 as lemmas
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ride and tien.adj.adv.

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