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bareback

bareback

1 6.4
Riding a horse without a saddle
  • adverb
  • /ˈbɛrˌbæk/
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  • They rode bareback, the old horse rolling slowly beneath them.
  • ride bareback

I'd be riding this thing bareback and I would be holding onto its neck.

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Examples

  • 'Come ride him bareback, I'll sing you a song.'

  • As a child, I loved to ride horses bareback along the beach, feeling the wind in my hair.

  • Come on, let's go bareback.

  • I'd be riding this thing bareback and I would be holding onto its neck.

  • Les is gonna ride bareback.

  • Don't you know better than to go bareback?

  • She lurched bareback through the pines.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Horse races, known then as palio alla lunga, ran bareback through the city streets.

    Blog text (21)
  • My friend taught me how to ride bareback so I could have a closer connection with the horse.

  • During summer camp, we spent our afternoons riding bareback through the fields, enjoying the freedom.

Synonyms

unsaddled
vsbareback
1 4.9

An animal, usually a horse, that has no saddle on its back

refers to riding without a saddle rather than just lacking one
barebacked
vsbareback
7.0

Riding a horse without a saddle

is the alternative form chosen as the main entry
saddleless
vsbareback
6.1

Without a saddle on a horse or pony

focuses on riding without a saddle rather than general lack

Antonyms

2.5

Having a saddle on for riding

Surface Forms

bareback positive

Morphology

bareback = bare + back (transparent) = bare + back

A literal compound of 'bare' + 'back' meaning the (uncovered) back of the animal used for riding, which is directly inferable from the components.

Etymology

Bareback comes from the words bare ('naked' or 'without') and back ('the back' of a horse), so it originally meant sitting on a 'naked back' with no saddle. So, to ride bareback is to ride a horse without a saddle.