Dictionary (n.) A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England.Thesaurus Conestoga wagon camp trailer camper cavalcade column cortege covered wagon dray dress parade flyover funeral haywagon house trailer line march past mobile home motorcade mule train pack train parade pomp prairie schooner procession promenade review semitrailer skimmington stream string trail car trailer trailer camp trailer court trailer park train truck trailer van waggon wagon wain |