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riding

/ˈɹaɪ.dɪŋ/ noun C2
  1. A path cut through woodland. (countable, uncountable)
  2. The act of one who rides; a mounted excursion. (countable, uncountable)
  3. The behaviour in the motion of a vehicle, such as oscillation. (countable, uncountable)
  4. A festival procession. (countable, uncountable)

Plural ridings

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The four or five remaining hours before nine o’clock arrived, Andrea employed in riding, paying visits,—designed to induce those of whom he had spoken to appear at the banker’s in their gayest equipages,—dazzling them by promises of shares in schemes which have since turned every brain, and in which Danglars was just taking the initiative.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 966 · C1
Do you see that idle lad riding while his old father has to walk?
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 50 · B2
But when war broke out, a heavily armed soldier mounted the Horse, and riding him to the charge, rushed into the very midst of the enemy.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 95 · B2
Dorothy found herself riding easily between two of the biggest Monkeys, one of them the King himself.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 98 · B2

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