riding light (riding lit)

A light ight hung out in the rigging at night when a ve el is riding at anchor. Also called stay - light. riding-master (rī ́ding-mas"tér), n. A teacher of the art of riding; specifically ( mil it.), one who instructs soldiers and officers in the management of horses. riding-rimet (rī'ding-rim), n. A form of verse, the same as the rimed couplet that goes now under the name heroic verse. It was introduced into English versification by Chaucer, and in it are composed most of the "Canterbury Tales." From the fact that it was represented as used by the pilgrims in telling these tales on their journey, it received the name of riding - rime; but it was not much used after Chaucer's death till the close of the sixteenth century. In the sixteenth century it is frequently contrasted with rime - royal (which see). rifacimento I had forgotten a notable kinde of ryme, called ryding rime , and that is suche as our Mayster and Father Chaucer vsed in his Canterburie Tales, and in diuers other delectable and light enterprises. Gas coigne, Notes on Eng. Verse (ed. Arber), § 16. riding-robe (ri'ding-rōb), n . A robe worn in riding; a riding-habit. But who comes in such haste in riding - robes ? What woman-post is this? Shak ., K. John, i. 1. 217. riding-rod (ri'ding-rod), n . A switch or light cane used as a whip by equestrians. And if my legs were two such riding - rods ,. And, to his shape, were heir to all this land, Would I might never stir from off this place, I would give it every foot to have this face. Shak ., K. John, i. 1. 140. riding-sail (ri'ding-sāl), n. A triangular sail bent to the mainmast and sheeted down aft, to steady a ve el when head on to the wind. riding-school (ri'ding-sköl), n. A school or place where the art of riding is taught; specifically, a military school to perfect troopers in the management of their horses and the use of arms.