| rider |
noun |
One who, or that which, rides., Formerly, an agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveler., One who breaks or manages a horse., An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed., A problem of more than usual difficulty added to another on an examination paper., A Dutch gold coin having the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it., Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it., An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship’s hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame., The second tier of casks in a vessel’s hold., A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard., A robber. |