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riding dress

riding dress noun: an outfit (later especially a woman's dress) worn to go riding.

Noun

riding dress (countable and uncountable, plural riding dresses)

  1. An outfit (later especially a woman's dress) worn to go riding.
    • Enter Captain Tomlinson in a riding dress, whip in hand.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCXIV”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn...

Forms of riding dress

pluralriding dresses

Questions about riding dress

What does riding dress mean?
Riding dress means an outfit (later especially a woman's dress) worn to go riding.
What part of speech is riding dress?
Riding dress is a noun.
What is the plural of riding dress?
The plural of riding dress is riding dresses.

Words near riding dress in the dictionary

  1. riding crop
  2. riding crops
  3. riding dirty
  4. riding down
  5. riding down on
  6. riding dress
  7. riding dresses
  8. riding fence
  9. riding fences
  10. riding for
  11. riding glove

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