equitation
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of equitation
1555–65; < Latin equitātiōn- (stem of equitātiō ), equivalent to equitāt ( us ) (past participle of equitāre to ride) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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The girls are bright and independent, and enrolled in online school so they can compete in both show jumping and equitation, a division in which riders are judged on their form.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2020
Yes, Billy Joel had also been spotted watching an equitation class on family day, Mr. Robbins said.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2019
While his wife is writing for the press "on horses and equitation," Powell's career as a largely unread novelist goes nowhere.
From Time Magazine Archive
He knew enough about equitation to realize she was showing off.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
Some years ago it was considered that if a lady could sit her horse gracefully at a walk, and securely at a canter, she had accomplished all that was correct or necessary in female equitation.
From The Barb and the Bridle A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises by Moustache, Vielle
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