- 1. n. A word word/employed">employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England. Source: opted
- 2. A word word/employed">employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England. Source: webster
- 3. A word word/employed">employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is toride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward,carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeeringneighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpeckedman. The custom was in vogue in parts of England. Source: adambom
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