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rida

1 rida [AS ried, ryd], clearing. a1230 [the island] holmum [between the bank of the stream of the barley-mill and the rithe] ~am [which separates the island from the marsh] Cart. Dunstable 23; [H. B. grants the rithe] ~ia [of Blakewelle for the canons to plough] Ib. 27; a1327 [the gift of J. P. ‥ of all his] ~a [in the territory of R. containing seventeen acres of land] CalCh IV 36.
2 rida [ME ride], strap or hinge for attaching door or gate to frame or post. 1306 in ~is et loggis ad novam portam secandis xij d. (Ac. Milton) DCCant.; 1397 pro hokis et rydis ij s. iiij d. Cant. Coll. Ox. II 143; 1478 pro iijbus paribus de ~is pro ‥ ostio [camere] Ib. 202.

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