[
UK
/hˈɔːsbæk/
]
[ US /ˈhɔɹsˌbæk/ ]
[ US /ˈhɔɹsˌbæk/ ]
NOUN
- the back of a horse
- a narrow ridge of hills
ADVERB
-
on the back of a horse
he rode horseback to town
policeman patrolled the streets ahorseback
managed to escape ahorse
How To Use horseback In A Sentence
- Cahn International AG A 470 B.C. red-figure hydria from Attic depicts Achilles chasing Troilos, who is on horseback. The Old Masters Come Roaring Back
- The trail will accommodate five core activities: walking, cycling, horseback riding, cross-country skiing, and snowmobiling (where possible or desired).
- Over hedge and fence they race, hounds in the lead, redcoats and hangers-on following on horseback.
- I like the way they play by heart, the open polo they play, and the way they ride on horseback.
- They did not give balls, and Antonia never appeared at a ground-floor window, as some other young ladies used to do attended by elder women, to chat with the caballeros on horseback in the Calle.
- Agues come on horseback but go away on foot.
- When on horseback his legs hardly reached the lower body-line of his mount, and only his extreme agility enabled him to get on successfully. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life
- They are flamboyant and skilled riders, capable of performing staggering feats of archery and acrobatics on horseback.
- Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot.
- One such type was that of the equites, literally ‘horsemen’, so called because they entered the arena on horseback, although for the crucial stage of the combat they dismounted to fight on foot.