equestrianism
Americannoun
-
the pursuit and participation of equestrian sports.
-
skill in riding and performing various maneuvers on horseback.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Near-simultaneously, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made a stab at diplomacy, attempting to turn the conversation away from teasing Putin with an enthusiastic endorsement of equestrianism.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 26, 2022
Parents bought a horse for a child, now grown-up and no longer interested in equestrianism.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2022
A graduate of Princeton’s Theological Seminary, Baskerville, then 23, decided to delay his entry to ministry and left for Tabriz to teach several subjects and coach tennis and equestrianism at a Presbyterian missionary school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2021
“She had been interested in equestrianism her entire life.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2020
And it takes a great deal to convince a good rider of any of these classes that a man who will lean and rise to a trot knows the A B C of equestrianism.
From Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle by Theodore Ayrault Dodge
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
