Equitation
[,ekwi'teiʃәn]
Definition
(n.) A riding, or the act of riding, on horseback; horsemanship.
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Definition
n. the art of riding on horseback.—adjs. Eq′uitant riding: straddling overlapping; Equiv′orous eating horse-flesh.
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Examples
- Childers (rather deeply lined in the jaws by daylight), and the Little Wonder of Scholastic Equitation, and in a word, all the company. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He'th named The Little Wonder of Thcolathtic Equitation; and if you don't hear of that boy at Athley'th, you'll hear of him at Parith. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
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