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horseback

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horse·back  (hôrsbk)
n.
1. The back of a horse.
2. A natural ridge; a hogback.
adv. & adj.
On the back of a horse: rode horseback to town; horseback riding.

horseback
Noun
a horse's back: on horseback
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.horsebackhorseback - the back of a horse                  
Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
2.horsebackhorseback - a narrow ridge of hills              
ridgeline, ridge - a long narrow range of hills
Adv.1.horseback - on the back of a horse; "he rode horseback to town"; "managed to escape ahorse"; "policeman patrolled the streets ahorseback"
Translations
horseback [ˈhɔːsbæk] n on horseback → a caballo
horseback [ˈhɔːsbæk] horse;
on horseback adj, advà cheval
horseback [ˈhɔːsbæk] horse;
on horseback adj, advzu Pferd
horseback [ˈhɔːsbæk]: on horseback adj, adva cavallo


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On his way he met a man on horseback who begged the hare of him, under the pretense of purchasing it.
Being asked, upon that, whether his galloping off again on horseback was another of Mr.
When he had ridden about two miles and had passed the last of the Russian troops, he saw, near a kitchen garden with a ditch round it, two men on horseback facing the ditch.
 
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