rough-ridingn.
/ˈrʌfˌrʌɪdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrəfˌraɪdɪŋ/ 1. The action or occupation of a rough-rider. Also (and in earliest use) figurative. Cf. rough-rider n.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > riding unbroken horse
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1776 G. Colman Let. 21 July in D. Garrick Private Corr. (1831) I. 231 After a great deal of rough riding, I have got him to accept bills of exchange payable in two and four months.
1818 C. E. Dodd Autumn near Rhine xvi. 273 Horses are the ruling passion,..and the ceremonies of lunging, dressing, and rough-riding are continually going on.
1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby II. v. iii. 240 The Prince Colonna..since the steeple-chase..had imbibed a morbid predilection for..every species of rough-riding.
1864 C. Knight Passages Working Life II. vi. 121 He did me..good in his rough-riding when I was learning my paces in this intellectual manège.
1898 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport II. 259/2 Rough-riding is principally practised by the American cow-boys, the Kalmucks of the Don country, and by the buck-jumping riders of Australia.
1918 Times 23 Sept. 11/4 An unrehearsed incident of the day..was the behaviour of a pony during an exhibition of roughriding.
2005 J. Gasteen Under Mulga xi. 185 There was always a lot of bravado with young coves when talking amongst themselves about horse-breaking and rough-riding.
2. In extended use: any other kind of hard, uncomfortable, or challenging riding, as in a motor car, train, etc.
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1810 Anonymous (London ed.) II. 228 My soul rode post to Heaven. Rough riding of course it was; by reason of the broken and uneven nature of the vehicle.
1894 Federal Reporter 64 952 Rough riding [in a train] consists of an up or down motion or jarring, and also a to and fro motion or right and left motion,—both or either.
1922 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 28/2 An extremely flexible spring [in a motor car] is likely to break, whereas a strong, stiff one causes rough riding unless it is unduly long.
1950 Oxf. Junior Encycl. IX. 328/2 The famous Scott Trial in Yorkshire was the first of such rough-riding fixtures [in motor-cycling contests].
1969 Telegraph (Brisbane) 17 May 3/2 Thrill-seeking boys..have discovered a dangerous new pastime—riding in tall buildings on the top of a lift cage... The boys call it ‘rough-riding’.
2002 J. S. Borthwick Murder in Rough i. 9 For those who had the muscle to enjoy rough riding, a series of mountain bike trails had been set into the hilly west side of the Ocean Tide property.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
rough-ridingadj.
/ˈrʌfˌrʌɪdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrəfˌraɪdɪŋ/ That rough-rides (in various senses). Cf. rough-ride v.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [adjective] > riding a rough or unbroken horse
rough-riding1802
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [adjective] > relating to horse-breaking > relating to a horse-breaker
rough-riding1802
horse-taming1836
hippodamous1894
1802 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border I. 189 Sae whether they be Elliots or Armstrangs, Or rough riding Scots, or rude Johnstons,..They maun turn and fight.
1826 Westm. Rev. Apr. 419 A testy, rough-riding, blunt-witted cavalier.
1881 J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde xiv. 426 With the rough-riding men on both sides of the frontier, to meet was to fight.
1898 Daily News 31 May 2/3 Qualifying themselves to become rough-riding sergeants and instructors of young recruits.
2002 Times 24 July (T2 section) 16/2 Nothing could be further from the escapist ideology..than..the rough-riding squires of Fielding,..or the passionate love-victims of Hardy's market towns.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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