English
horsemanning
From horseman + -ing, in allusion to the Headless Horseman of folklore.
Formed from horseman + -ing
Proto-Indo-European *mon- ‘man, human being’
Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human, human being, person, individual’
Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person, human, individual’
Old English mann ‘person’
Middle English horsman
English horseman
Today it means
noun The act of posing for a photograph in such a way that one appears to have been beheaded, with the head resting on the ground or on a surface.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / horsemanning