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goatback

goatback noun: the back of a goat (being ridden, or laden with luggage, as a means of transportation).

Noun

goatback (uncountable)

  1. (usually, with-on) The back of a goat (being ridden, or laden with luggage, as a means of transportation).
    • ON "GOATBACK" IN WESTERN QUEENSLAND. This photo was sent us by Mr. E. Hill, Rosevale, Wyandra, Queensland1917, The Pastoral Review: A Journal and a Record of All Matters Affecting the Pastoral and Agricultural Interests Throughout Australasia, page 125
    • […] on goatback at the end of Satire V was not meant to recall the equestrian manoeuvres of the lusus Troiae in Book V of the Aeneid. Juvenal may think that Rome has been rotted by long peace, but the glories of battle and conquest hold[…]2004 May 27, Juvenal, The Sixteen Satires, Penguin UK, →ISBN

Examples of goatback in a sentence

  • […] on goatback because [they are] unable to afford a horse.2008 February 24, Prys Morgan, The Tempus History of Wales, The History Press, →ISBN:
  • ([…] on goatback) will become plain when the additional symbols of Tiphareth are concerned.2017 March 1, John Michael Greer, Paths of Wisdom: Cabala in the Golden Dawn Tradition, Red Wheel/Weiser, →ISBN, page 168:
  • […] on goatback, and especially the ancient Indian one, in which goats appear as means of transport used by gods” (Gamkrelidze and Ivanov, 1984, Pt 2, pp. 586- 587).2017 December 29, Alex A. Gurshtein, The Puzzle of the Western Zodiac: Its Wisdom and Evolutionary Leaps: A Painful Ascent to the Truth...

Origin of goatback

From goat + back, modelled on horseback.

Questions about goatback

What does goatback mean?
Goatback means the back of a goat (being ridden, or laden with luggage, as a means of transportation).
How do you use goatback in a sentence?
[…] on goatback because [they are] unable to afford a horse.
What part of speech is goatback?
Goatback is a noun.

Words near goatback in the dictionary

  1. goat-ropes
  2. goat-sucker
  3. goat-suckers
  4. goat-water
  5. goat-waters
  6. goatback
  7. goatbeard
  8. goatboy
  9. goatboys
  10. goatbrush
  11. goatburger

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