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horseback
| horseback rider
| horseback riding
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horseback
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun horseback has 2 senses
- horseback(n = noun.animal) Array - the back of a horse; Array is a part of equus caballus, horse
- horseback(n = noun.object) hogback - a narrow ridge of hills; Array is a kind of ridge, ridgeline
is a kind of body part
Adverbial horseback has 1 sense
- horseback(r = adv.all) ahorse, ahorseback - on the back of a horse; "he rode horseback to town"; "managed to escape ahorse"; "policeman patrolled the streets ahorseback"
CIDE DICTIONARY
horseback, n.
- The back of a horse. [1913 Webster]
- An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders, in a half-stratified condition. Agassiz. [1913 Webster]"The long journey was to be performed on horseback." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
horseback, n. the back of a horse, esp. as sat on in riding.
Idiom
on horseback mounted on a horse.
THESAURUS
horseback
across, astraddle, astride, by horse, chine, col, comb, esker, hogback, kame, mounted, on, on horseback, ridge, saddle, saddleback, spine, straddle, straddle-legged, straddleback
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