Definition: equitation

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

equitation
     n : riding a horse as a sport [syn: riding, horseback riding]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Equitation \Eq`ui*ta"tion\, n. [L. equitatio, fr. equitare: cf.
   F. ['e]quitation.]
   A riding, or the act of riding, on horseback; horsemanship.

         The pretender to equitation mounted.     --W. Irving.