riding habit

American  

noun

1. habit.

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riding habit British  

noun

1. a woman's dress worn for riding, usually with a full or a divided skirt

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Etymology

Origin of riding habit

First recorded in 1660–70

Example Sentences

A splendid full-length portrait shows Henrietta Maria in a lustrous blue riding habit, with her dwarf, Jeffrey Hudson, in red, next to an enormous swag of yellow-gold brocade.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2016

She went out on horseback wearing a tartan riding habit, lace at her throat, a fighting man's blue bonnet on her head and a brace of pistols at her waist.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2012

Ms. Mack is exquisite, dressed strikingly by Erin Murphy in riding habit and crop; Mr. Wilson has matinee idol charisma.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2010

She, clad in green riding habit, carrying a gun, informed Mrs. Coolidge that at the Montana Agricultural College she had belonged to Mrs. Coolidge's sorority, Pi Beta Phi.*

From Time Magazine Archive

She was cheerful—jubilant, really—and her mood improved when the servants coiled her braided hair onto the back of her head and dressed her in a surprisingly fine riding habit that concealed her miserably thin form.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas