ridingwear

English

Etymology

From riding +‎ -wear.

Noun

ridingwear (uncountable)

1. Clothing to be worn while riding.
   • 1980, France-Michèle Adler, “Riding”, in Sportsfashion, Avon, →ISBN, page 63:

     Eventually stretch fabrics revolutionized ridingwear as they did skiwear in the fifties.

   • 2012 spring, “7 Pretty Tea Parties”, in Feast (San Francisco Bay Guardian), page 8:

     It is testament to the misty wonder of the Richmond District that such a place as Tal Y Tara is not overrun with fashionistas seeking authentic British ridingwear and a picturesque place to Instagram themselves drinking a cup of PG Tips.

   • 2014 November 11, “Great Value Clothing & Footwear”, in Pulman’s View from Seaton & Beer, number 484, page 13:

     Excludes ridingwear.

   • 2022 January 31, Sara Semic, quoting Kathryn Sargent, “Can these women save Savile Row?”, in Financial Times‎^[1]:

     Most of the iconic women’s looks that Savile Row had in its armoury historically were established from ridingwear and countrywear, so I worked on adapting those styles and came up with my own way of cutting for women.