horsewoman
(ˈhɔːsˌwʊmən)
A woman who rides on horseback; a female equestrian. Usually with qualifying adj.
| 1564–78 W. Bullein Dial. agst. Pest. (1888) 58 Your mother was a good horsewoman, and loued ridyng well as any gentlewoman that euer I knewe in my life. 1626 Middleton Wom. Beware Wom. ii. i, Sh'ad need be a good horsewoman, and sit fast. 1814 Jane Austen Mansf. Park vii, His comments on Miss Crawford's great cleverness as a horsewoman. 1887 Frith Autobiog. I. xxi. 279 Miss Gilbert was a most accomplished horsewoman. |
Hence ˈhorsewomanship.
| 1857 Tait's Mag. XXIV. 332 Her excellent and bold horsewomanship attracted..admiration. 1882 ‘Annie Thomas’ Allerton Towers II. vi. 105 A severe critic upon horsewomanship. |