riding dress

English

Noun

riding dress (countable and uncountable, plural riding dresses)

An outfit (later especially a woman's dress) worn to go riding. [from 17th c.]
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCXIV”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
  Enter Captain Tomlinson in a riding dress, whip in hand.

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