horseback

English

President Reagan and Queen Elizabeth II on horseback at Windsor Castle, 1982

Etymology

From Middle English horsebacke, horsebak, horsbak, equivalent to horse +‎ back.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔɹsˌbæk/
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(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔːsˌbæk/

Noun

horseback (countable and uncountable, plural horsebacks)

(usually with on, upon, etc.) The back of a horse.
They came on horseback across the plains.
(countable) A ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders.

Synonyms

(ridge): esker

Derived terms

Translations

back of a horse

Chinese:
Mandarin: 馬背／马背 (zh) (mǎbèi)
Finnish: hevosen selkä
German: Pferderücken (de) m
Hungarian: lóhát (hu)
Icelandic: hestbak (is)
Japanese: 馬の背 (うまのせ, uma no se)
Middle English: horsbak
Norwegian: hesterygg m
Russian: спина́ ло́шади f (spiná lóšadi)

ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders

Finnish: harju (fi)
Russian: гре́бень (ru) m (grébenʹ), гряда́ (ru) f (grjadá)

Adverb

horseback (not comparable)

On the back of a horse.
He rode horseback into town.

Synonyms

ahorse, ahorseback, on horseback

Translations

on the back of a horse

Bashkir: һыбай (hıbay)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馬上／马上 (zh) (mǎshàng)
Finnish: ratsain (fi)
French: à cheval (fr)
Galician: a cabalo
German: zu Pferde
Greek: καβάλα (el) (kavála), καβαλαρία (el) (kavalaría)
Ancient Greek: ἐπι ἵππου (epi híppou)
Irish: ar chapall, ar dhroim capaill, ar muin capaill
Italian: a cavallo (it)
Japanese: 馬に乗って (うまにのって, uma ni notte)
Latin: in equō
Old Church Slavonic: на кони (na koni)
Portuguese: a cavalo
Russian: верхо́м (ru) (verxóm) (на ло́шади)
Spanish: a caballo

Anagrams

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