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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Horseback \Horse"back`\, n.
     1. The back of a horse.
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     2. An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders, in a
        half-stratified condition. --Agassiz.


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     {On horseback}, on the back of a horse; mounted or riding on
        a horse or horses; in the saddle.
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              The long journey was to be performed on horseback.
                                                    --Prescott.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  horseback
       n 1: the back of a horse
       2: a narrow ridge of hills [syn: {hogback}]
       adv : on the back of a horse; "he rode horseback to town";
             "managed to escape ahorse"; "policeman patrolled the
             streets ahorseback" [syn: {ahorse}, {ahorseback}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "horseback":
     across, astraddle, astride, by horse, chine, col, comb, esker,
     hogback, kame, mounted, on, on horseback, ridge, saddle,
     saddleback, spine, straddle, straddle-legged, straddleback
  
  

















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