horseback
pronunciation
How to pronounce horseback in British English:
UK [ˈhɔ:sbæk]
How to pronounce horseback in American English:
US [ˈhɔrsbæk]
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- Noun:
- the back of a horse
- a narrow ridge of hills
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- Adverb:
- on the back of a horse
Word Origin
- horseback (n.)
- late 14c., from horse (n.) + back (n.). The alternative formerly was described in jest as footback [Century Dictionary].
Example
- 1. Romance factor : rise early for a horseback ride along the pristine waipauma coast .
- 2. Now soldiers could balance themselves on horseback and still fight , making them far more effective .
- 3. The vast and unknown valleys are populated only by flocks of sheep and shepherds on horseback .
- 4. We can 't have the man on horseback , and anything is preferable to the timid swine that now rule .
- 5. Instead , she was forced to gamble on a perilous mountain escape to the comparative safety of northern iraq , escorted by kurdish guerrillas on horseback .