| 单词 | riding charges |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriding charges riding charges n. now historical and rare expenses incurred in keeping and riding a horse; esp. forming part of an allowance. ΚΠ 1552 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. ii. 119 With the Bordewages, Ridinge Chardges, reparacions, and other expences not certeyn. c1689 in J. Y. Akerman Moneys Secret Services Charles II & James II (1851) 66 To the clerks of the Trea'ry, for their riding charges this last summer. 1737 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 33) ii. 87 An allowance for riding-charges. 1817 Monthly Rev. July 405 We hope that the present Provost's ‘diet’ and ‘riding charges’ would still make the situation an enviable one for a man who has wasted the prime of life..in the ungrateful service of diplomacy. 1988 Huntington Libr. Q. 51 301 He..embezzled other large sums written off as legal expenses, riding charges, coach hire, and other miscellaneous liabilities. < as lemmas |
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