riding-habits

Rebecca was seen in the prettiest and tightest of riding-habits, mounted on a beautiful little Arab, which she rode to perfection

Vanity Fair 2006

On another occasion, seeing my boxes full of dresses and pretty trinkets, and noticing that I wore no jewellery, and always dressed in riding-habits and waterproofs for rough excursions, and looked after the stables instead of lying on a divan and sucking a narghíleh, after the manner of Eastern women, she exclaimed:

The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

Ladies young and old live before dinner in their riding-habits.

Tales of all countries 2004

Suddenly, as I was descending a slope, a brilliant party, consisting of four young ladies in riding-habits, a youthful cavalier and a servant in splendid livery — all on noble horses, swept past me at full gallop down the hill.

Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery 2004

There are two pretty ladies in riding-habits peeping at you from the bell porch.

Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004

And, as they are _equestriennes_, we will describe their riding-habits in the words of the same traveler:

The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal Various

There are extra show-rooms and trying-on-rooms, besides which there is a special room for trying on riding-habits, and another for the chief of the corsage department, to say nothing of little rooms draped with blue, brown, or red for special purposes.

Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 Various

In the midst of a little troop of horsemen, consisting of some of the very greatest persons in Brussels, Rebecca was seen in the prettiest and tightest of riding-habits, mounted on a beautiful little Arab, which she rode to perfection (having acquired the art at Queen’s Crawley, where the Baronet, Mr. Pitt, and Rawdon himself had given her many lessons), and by the side of the gallant General Tufto.

XXIX. Brussels 1917

All was now excitement, joy, hope and animation, and preparation of riding-habits, tents, canteens, etc., my sisters thinking of all sorts of things for my wife's comfort, which we could as well have carried as our parish church.

The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903

Dainty shoes, tailor-made jackets, fashionable short riding-habits, mannish-looking riding-boots, silk undergarments, beautiful jewellery, all were taken out of their packages and duly admired.

Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life 1902