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ˈriding-school
[riding vbl. n.]
A school or establishment where riding is taught; esp. Mil., a school for training troopers in horsemanship.
a1680Butler Rem. (1759) I. 206 As Riding-schools inculcate Horsemanship. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 262 Like a man, who should spend his whole time in a riding-school,..but never get a horse to ride upon. 1833Regul. & Instr. Cavalry i. 40 The use of an Open Manege is indispensable in quarters where there is no riding-school. 1885Ruskin Præterita I. v. §110 My father spared time..to take me to..a riding-school in Moorfields.
attrib.1875W. S. Hayward Love agst. World 5 As he sat his horse in the perfection of riding-school attitudes. |