horseback
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- noun
- /ˈhɔrsˌbæk/
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- Half a dozen polo players on horseback descend on the ball, mallets held high.
And the going comment was that Uribe was the administrator of the FINCA, the guy on the horseback with the whip.
- And the going comment was that Uribe was the administrator of the FINCA, the guy on the horseback with the whip.
Examples
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In the foreground, five men on horseback appear over a ridge, thundering toward us.
Fiction book (1992) -
We need to get in there on horseback.
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And a most interesting journey on horseback through a pass...
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The man on horseback is always a hero.
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It's a perfect night for horseback riding.
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Meanwhile, on the perimeter of the square, two figures ride on horseback; they wear familiar cloaks.
Fiction book (1993) -
Postal workers in rural Michigan delivered parcels and other mail on horseback in the early 20th century.
Academic text (2004) -
D'Artagnan and the three Musketeers arrive on horseback and are forced to dismount.
Fiction book (1993) -
Summer tourists clamber over potholes in rented SUVs or amble on horseback as part of organized rides.
Academic text (2008) -
My family and I went for a horseback ride in the Great Smoky Mountains.
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Horseback comes from the two simple words horse and back, meaning the back of a horse where a rider sits. So horseback names the horse's upper part that people use as a place to sit.