riding hood

noun

A hood intended for use by women while horseriding.

OriginMiddle English rydyng hoode →
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Meanings

nounriding hood (plural riding hoods)

plural riding hoods · alternative riding-hood

  1. historicalfashionA hood intended for use by women while horseriding.

    He... violently pull'd off her Riding-Hood, and tore it at the Arm Holes in pulling it off.

    1731 January 15, Proceedings of the Old Bailey, page 13
  2. fashionA kind of hooded cloak.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishrydyng hoode
  2. Englishriding hood

From Middle English rydyng hoode, rydynghoode. By surface analysis, riding + hood.

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APA

riding hood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riding%20hood

MLA

“riding hood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riding%20hood. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “riding hood,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riding%20hood.

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