EQUESTRIAN SPORT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)