ride and tie

Etymology
From the expedient adopted by two persons with one horse, one of whom rides the animal a certain distance and then ties him for the use of the other, who is approaching on foot.

Verb

 * 1) To take turns with another in labour and rest.
 * 2) * 1941, Mary Grayson, interviewed in A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Washington: Library of Congress, Volume 13, Oklahoma Narratives, p.122,
 * After three or four days of walking we came across some more Negroes who had a horse, and mammy paid them to let us children ride and tie with their children for a day or two.
 * 1) To ride an animal and travel on foot alternately.
 * 1) * 1941, Mary Grayson, interviewed in A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Washington: Library of Congress, Volume 13, Oklahoma Narratives, p.122,
 * After three or four days of walking we came across some more Negroes who had a horse, and mammy paid them to let us children ride and tie with their children for a day or two.
 * 1) To ride an animal and travel on foot alternately.
 * 1) To ride an animal and travel on foot alternately.