Meaning of trithing | Babel Free

Definitions

a riding (one of three ancient divisions of a county in England)

historical

Examples

“Where a county is divided into three of these intermediate jurisdictions, they are called trithings, which were antiently governed by a trithing-reeve. These trithings still subsist in the large county of York, where by an easy corruption they are denominated ridings; the north, the east, and the west-riding.”

CEFR level