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Sun 25 Aug, 2013 09:23 am
The mare was showing signs of delicately-hinted impatience; the paddock, with its teasing insects and very indifferent grazing, had not thrust out the image of her own comfortable well-foddered loose-box. Elaine divested her habit of some remaining crumbs of bun-loaf and jumped lightly on to her saddle.
Does "divest one's habit of " here mean that Elaine does not give the mare crumbs of bun-loaf?
@Stacy2013,
Elaine's habit is her outfit for riding horses.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/habit
Without full context it appears that Elaine had either been eating bun-loaf or feeding it to the horse. In either case, crumbs from the bun-loaf had fallen onto her habit (clothing) and she either shook or brushed off the crumbs before she got onto the horse.
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