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lionback

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

lionback: the back of a lion (being ridden, or laden with luggage, as a means of transportation)
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Noun

lionback (uncountable)

  1. (usually, with-on) The back of a lion (being ridden, or laden with luggage, as a means of transportation).
    • […] lionback. Bronze statue of Wen-shu p'u-sa, bodhisattva Manjushri on lionback. This statue is a good example of the development of the autochthonous Chinese style during the Ming period.1986, H. A. van Oort, The Iconography of Chinese Buddhism in Traditional China: Han to Liao, BRILL, →ISBN, page 20
    • SUSAN: Have you ever had a gallop on lionback? LUCY: Well, imagine the padding of great paws. The soft roughness of golden fur, and the mane flying back in the wind. SUSAN: – And you're travelling faster than a train on a mount who never grows tired.2012 May 28, C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN

Origin of lionback

From lion + back, modelled on horseback.

Questions about lionback

What does lionback mean?
Lionback means the back of a lion (being ridden, or laden with luggage, as a means of transportation).
What part of speech is lionback?
Lionback is a noun.

Words near lionback in the dictionary

  1. lion-hearted
  2. lion-heartedly
  3. lion-heartedness
  4. lion-tailed macaque
  5. lion-tailed macaques
  6. lionback
  7. lionburger
  8. lionburgers
  9. lioncel
  10. lioncelle
  11. lioncelles

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