riding hood
/ˈrʌɪdɪŋ hʊd/noun
A large hood worn while riding; in later use also worn by women and children as an outdoor garment. Now chiefly historical.
- In later use chiefly familiar from the traditional tale Little Red Riding-hood, first attested in English in the 1729 translation of the story entitled Le Petit Chaperon Rouge in C. Perrault's Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passé (1697), by Robert Samber..
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Inventory Fastolf's Wardrobe. From riding + hood.
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