horseback Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the back of a horse
  2. noun a narrow ridge of hills
    hogback.
  3. adverb on the back of a horse
    ahorse; ahorseback.
    • he rode horseback to town
    • managed to escape ahorse
    • policeman patrolled the streets ahorseback

WordNet


Horse"back` noun
Definitions
  1. The back of a horse.
  2. An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and bowlders, in a half-stratified condition. Agassiz.
    The long journey was to be performed on horseback. Prescott.

Webster 1913