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horseback

UK/ˈhɔːsˌbæk//ˈhɔɹsˌbæk/

horseback noun: the back of a horse.

horseback: the back of a horse
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Noun

horseback (countable and uncountable, plural horsebacks)

  1. (usually, with-on, upon) The back of a horse.
    • They came on horseback across the plains.
  2. (countable) A ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders.
    Synonyms:
    esker

Adverb

horseback (not comparable)

  1. On the back of a horse.

horseback meaning in Urdu

horseback in Urdu

گھوڑے کی پیٹھ

Examples of horseback in a sentence

  • I will portray a king on horseback.
  • And I bet Allondra would do horseback riding! ” “ I wanna be a hoop jumper!"
  • Aw yes, nothing screams Scottish freedom quite like a millionaire Australian anti-Semite on horseback.

All 28 example sentences with horseback

Synonyms of horseback

Forms of horseback

pluralhorsebacks

Origin of horseback

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

Words formed from horseback

Phrases with horseback

Questions about horseback

What does horseback mean?
Horseback means the back of a horse.
What is horseback in Urdu?
Horseback in Urdu is گھوڑے کی پیٹھ. See Horseback meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is horseback?
Horseback can be a noun or an adverb.
How do you pronounce horseback?
Horseback is pronounced /ˈhɔɹsˌbæk/ (US).
What is the plural of horseback?
The plural of horseback is horsebacks.

Words near horseback in the dictionary

  1. horse-yard
  2. horse-yards
  3. horseable
  4. horseapple
  5. horseapples
  6. horseback
  7. horseback opinion
  8. horseback opinions
  9. horsebacker
  10. horsebackers
  11. horsebacks

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: horseback (page history and authors); horseback (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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