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Riding is a homonym of two distinct English words:
From the word ride:
- Equestrianism, riding a horse
- Riding animal, an animal bred or trained for riding
- Riding hall, a building designed for indoor horse riding
- Ridin', a song by Chamillionaire
From Old English *þriðing:
- Riding (country subdivision), an administrative division of a county, or similar district
- Electoral district (Canada), a Canadian term for an electoral district
- Riding association, Canadian political party organization at the riding level
- Riding officer, a name once used for customs officials who patrolled for smugglers on beaches and other informal landing spots
- Common Riding, an event celebrated in some Scottish towns to commemorate the guarding the boundaries of the town's common land by local men
Other uses
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