English Explanatory Dictionary

common riding

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An annual festival in some Scottish towns, in which people conduct a ceremonial procession around the boundaries of the town in order to delineate the area and check for encroachment by neighbouring landowners.
noun
  1. Alternative form of common riding.

Word forms

common riding common ridings Common-Riding

Related words

beat the bounds
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