单词 | riding days |
释义 | > as lemmasriding days riding days n. historical (with the) the period of the 16th cent. during which raids were frequently carried out by the Scots over the Border into England.Chiefly in or with reference to the works of Sir Walter Scott. ΚΠ 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf x. 111 Siccan an act of stouthrife as hasna been heard o' in the country since the auld riding days! 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xi. 227 We had lived on the grund..since the riding days, and lang before. 1932 J. Buchan Sir Walter Scott i. 19 Since the riding days were over, and most of the hill land was poor and uncultivable, the glens became sheep-walks. 2003 P. D. Garside in W. Scott Guy Mannering 402 Two leading clan names in Liddesdale during the 'riding' days in the 16th century. < as lemmas |
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