单词 | riding exercise |
释义 | > as lemmasriding exercise riding exercise n. horse riding undertaken for the sake of maintaining or improving one's health or horsemanship; an activity or drill performed for this purpose. ΚΠ 1762 New & Gen. Biogr. Dict. XI. 366 He was seized with a dangerous scorbutical atrophy and looseness: but this was removed by riding exercise. 1802 tr. A. La Fontaine Odd Enough, to be Sure! I. 91 This, however, did not hinder..Lewis from preferring the plain before it for his riding exercises. 1844 Times 21 Sept. 4/6 Her Majesty takes daily walking or riding exercise within the grounds. 1927 J. M. Robertson Mod. Humanists Reconsidered 195 He carried out the same rule when he took riding exercise for his insomnia; the ride never did him any good because he would never push his horse. 2002 S. Swift Centered Riding 2 vii. 67 It can be interesting to do a riding exercise..to help you discover just how your horse's anatomy and movement correspond to your own. < as lemmas |
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