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riding noun1. OE.
[Old Norse Triejungr third part, from Triei third, with early assim. of initial consonant to last of east, west, north: see -ING3. Cf. TRITHING.]
Each of the three administrative districts (East Riding, West Riding, North Riding) into which the county of Yorkshire in N. England was formerly divided. OE.
A similar division of other counties or districts in Britain or its former colonies. L17.
b. spec. An electoral district in Canada. L18.