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7321 Etymology dictionary, p. roadster (n.).2
"open two-seat automobile," 1908, from road (n.) + -ster. Earlier it was used in reference to a type of light, horse-drawn carriage (1892); a horse for riding for pleasure (1818); and "a ship lying near the shore and working by tides" (1744).
7322 Etymology dictionary, p. roadway (n.).2
"a highway; the part of a road used by horses and vehicles," c. 1600, from road (n.), perhaps preserving some of that word's old sense of "a riding," + way (n.).
7323 Etymology dictionary, p. roan (adj.).2
… , of horses, "of a bay, sorrel, or chestnut color, thickly interspersed with gray or white, from French roan "reddish brown," perhaps from Spanish roano, from Old Spanish …
7324 Etymology dictionary, p. rocking (adj.).2
… )). Rocking-horse "wooden horse mounted on rockers for children" is recorded from 1724; rocking-chair "chair mounted on rockers" is from 1766.
7325 Etymology dictionary, p. rodeo (n.).2
… of horse-riding skill," 1914, from the earlier meaning "cattle round-up" (1834), from Spanish rodeo, "pen for cattle at a fair or market," literally "a going round," from …
7326 Etymology dictionary, p. romp (v.).2
1709, "to play rudely and boisterously, sport, frolic," perhaps a variant of ramp (v.); but also see romp (n.). Meaning "to win (a contest) with great ease" is attested by 1888, in early use often in horse-racing. Related: Romped; romping .
7327 Etymology dictionary, p. Rosinante (n.).2
… Quixote's horse, from Spanish Rocinante, from rocin "worn-out horse" + antes "before," "so called in allusion to the circumstance that Don Quixote's charger was …
7328 Etymology dictionary, p. rough-rider (n.).2
1733, "horse-breaker, one who breaks young or wild horses for the saddle;" see rough (adj.) + rider. Of horses, rough (adj.) meaning "not properly broken in" is from 1590s …
7329 Etymology dictionary, p. roughshod (adj.).2
… of horses shod with the nail-heads projecting from the shoe to prevent slipping on roads. To ride roughshod over something figuratively is by 1861 in that …
7330 Etymology dictionary, p. run (v.).12
… (a horse) in a race" is from 1750. The sense of "cause a mechanical device to keep moving or working" is by 1817.
7331 Etymology dictionary, p. running (adj.).3
… a horse entered in a race to set the pace for another from the same stable who was intended to win; U.S. "vice-presidential candidate" sense is recorded from 1888 …
7332 Etymology dictionary, p. run (n.).10
Phrase a run for one's money "satisfaction for trouble taken" is from 1872 in a figurative sense, from horse racing, where it implied real competition (1841).
7333 Etymology dictionary, p. running (n.).3
… from horse racing, where make the running "set the pace" is recorded from 1837; hence "likely to succeed." Running-shoe is from 1884.
7334 Etymology dictionary, p. runaway (n.).2
… as "horse which bolts while being driven or ridden," later extended to railway trains, etc. The meaning "an act of running away" is from 1724.
7335 Etymology dictionary, p. rundown (n.).3
The meaning "list of entries in a horse race and the odds" is from 1935; hence the generalized slang sense of "summary, account, list of information or facts," attested from 1945. Compare run-down (adj.).
7336 Etymology dictionary, p. rutter (n.).2
… , dragoon, horse-soldier," from Old French routier "a highwayman," also "experienced soldier," a word taken into Old French from Medieval Latin ruptarius, rutarius …
7337 Etymology dictionary, p. saccade (n.).2
… a horse by giving a sudden pull on the reins," 1705, from French saccade "a jerk," from obsolete saquer "to shake, pull," a dialectal variant of Old French sachier, which …
7338 Etymology dictionary, p. saddle (n.).2
… a horse, etc., as a seat for a rider," from Proto-Germanic *sathulaz (source also of Old Norse söðull, Old Frisian sadel, Dutch zadel, zaal, German Sattel "saddle"), from …
7339 Etymology dictionary, p. saddle (n.).3
… . Saddle-horse "horse for riding" is from 1660s. Saddle -stitch (n.) is from bookbinding (1887).
7340 Etymology dictionary, p. sanjak (n.).2
… one horse-tail" [Century Dictionary]. Related: Sanjakate; sanjak-bey .