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Riding
When expressed of a ship, is the state of being retained in particular station by an anchor and cable. Thus she is said to ride easy or to ride hard, in proportion to the strain upon her cable. She is likewise said to ride leward tide if anchored in a place at a time when the tide sets to leeward, and to ride windward tide if the tide sets to windward: to ride between wind and tide, when the wind and tide are in direct opposition, causing her to ride without any strain upon her cables.
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