riding habit
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of riding habit
First recorded in 1660–70
Example Sentences
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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
Shrieks greet the sight of his gold lame riding habit, and when he begins to sing Honestly Sincere, even the mayor's wife folds into gatelegged collapse.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were a party of three on horseback--Tom and a man named Sloane and a pretty woman in a brown riding habit who had been there previously.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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