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equitation|ɛkwɪˈteɪʃən|
Also 6 equitacion.
[ad. L. equitātiōn-em, n. of action f. equitāre: see equitant. Cf. Fr. équitation.]
The action, art, or habit of riding on, or as on, horseback; horsemanship.
1562W. Bullein Sicke Men 67 b, Equitacion..must be used upon a soft easie goyng horse. 1771Gibbon Let. Misc. Wks. 1796 I. 443, I have got a droll little poney, and intend to renew the long forgotten practice of equitation. 1833Regul. Instr. Cavalry i. 39 Military Equitation may be divided into three parts. 1845Stocqueler Handbk. Brit. India (1854) 32 Witching the world with noble equitation. 1870Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. i. (1873) 116 Broomsticks..the canonical instruments of their nocturnal equitation.
b. An excursion, a ride on horseback.
1728Let. in Nichols Illustr. Lit. Hist. IV. 497 (L.), I have lately made a few rural equitations to visit some seats, gardens, etc. 1851Carlyle Sterling iii. ii. (1872) 179 Sterling was at his poetisings and equitations again. |