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riding-hood

riding-hood is the alternative form of riding hood.

Meaning of riding hood

Noun

riding hood (plural riding hoods)

  1. (historical) A hood intended for use by women while horseriding.
    • He... violently pull'd off her Riding-Hood, and tore it at the Arm Holes in pulling it off.1731 January 15, Proceedings of the Old Bailey, page 13
  2. A kind of hooded cloak.

Forms of riding-hood

pluralriding-hoods

Phrases with riding-hood

Questions about riding-hood

What is riding-hood the alternative form of?
Riding-hood is the alternative form of riding hood.

Words near riding-hood in the dictionary

  1. riding with
  2. riding with the punches
  3. riding-bitts
  4. riding-coat
  5. riding-coats
  6. riding-hood
  7. riding-hoods
  8. riding-robe
  9. riding-robes
  10. riding-rod
  11. riding-rods

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Adapted from Wiktionary: riding-hood (page history and authors); riding hood (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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