horseback

3 definitions found

horseback - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Horseback \Horse"back`\, n.
     1. The back of a horse.
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     2. An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders, in a
        half-stratified condition. --Agassiz.
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     On horseback, on the back of a horse; mounted or riding on
        a horse or horses; in the saddle.
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              The long journey was to be performed on horseback.
                                                    --Prescott.
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horseback - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  horseback
      adv 1: on the back of a horse; "he rode horseback to town";
             "managed to escape ahorse"; "policeman patrolled the
             streets ahorseback" [syn: horseback, ahorse,
             ahorseback]
      n 1: the back of a horse
      2: a narrow ridge of hills [syn: hogback, horseback]

horseback - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "horseback":
     across, astraddle, astride, by horse, chine, col, comb, esker,
     hogback, kame, mounted, on, on horseback, ridge, saddle,
     saddleback, spine, straddle, straddle-legged, straddleback