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EQUESTRIAN SPORT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sport that tests horsemanship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("equestrian sport" is a kind of...):
equitation; horseback riding; riding (the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "equestrian sport"):
dressage (maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider)
showjumping; stadium jumping (riding horses in competitions over set courses to demonstrate skill in jumping over obstacles)
cross-country jumping; cross-country riding (riding horses across country over obstructions to demonstrate horsemanship)
three-day event (an equestrian competition; the first day is dressage; the second is cross-country jumping; the third is stadium jumping)
