riding dress

English

Noun

riding dress (countable and uncountable, plural riding dresses)

1. 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.