单词 | riding gear |
释义 | > as lemmasriding gear riding gear n. originally Scottish equipment or clothing used for horse riding.In quot. 1639 in figurative context. ΚΠ 1494 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 321/1 Gillot wt sadill and Ryding gere. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iv. f. 64 My riding geir is all to gane and spent. 1639 T. Mill O Yes, o Yes, I do Cry (single sheet) And mounted them so to their mind, in all their riding geare. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess iii. 221 Colen was mounted in a gentle suit, Wi' hatt an' wig, an' riding gear compleat. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. iv. 75 They earn a little by making horse-rugs and other articles of riding gear. 1910 J. London Burning Daylight ii. xi. 215 Bob, with riding gear and personal equipment, was despatched..to take up his quarters in the stables of the Oakland Riding Academy. 2005 J. Hughson et al. Uses of Sport vii. 215 The equipment to play polo..not just the stick and the riding gear, but a horse, stabling for it, membership of a club, etc. < as lemmas |
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