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ˈrideable, a.
Also ridable.
[f. ride v.]
1. Capable of being ridden through, over, etc.
1637Rutherford Lett. cxxii. (1664) 234 Till the water fall and the foord be ridable. 1709J. Lister Autobiog. (1842) 45 A man..who had..known when the water was rideable. 1860C. S. Forbes Iceland 103 As for the road, it was..in some places more rideable than in others. 1891Field 19 Dec. 957/1 The grass pastures..were far from rideable.
2. Capable of being ridden or used for riding.
1611Cotgr., Chevauchable, rideable; easie to be rid on. 1820L. Hunt Indicator No. 26 (1822) I. 207 So built with muscle was his chest, So rideable his back. 1850Smedley F. Fairleigh xxxvii, Is there anything rideable to be hired in Hillingford? 1897Cyclist Touring Cl. Gaz. Sept. 398 The tyre when pumped remained rideable for two or three hours.
3. Suitable for being hunted on horseback. rare.
1910Blackw. Mag. Apr. 557/1 We were a long time before we found a rideable pig.
Hence rid(e)aˈbility.
1899Hub 8 July 322/2 The relation of an up gradient to a down as regards ridability. |