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Meanings of horseback in English

On the back of a horse.

A narrow ridge of hills.

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Examples for "ahorse"
Examples for "ahorse"
1
She's come all the way down from Riverrun, a long way ahorse.
A clash of kings
2
Binnesman sat ahorse, gazing down, just as the Days rode up.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
3
A dark, hooded figure sat ahorse under the trees, peering toward her intently.
Wizardborn
4
He sat ahorse, in his full black plate mail, and turned toward Gaborn.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
5
Ser Rodrik Cassel was already ahorse, a longsword in hand.
A Game of Thrones
1
Mounted men in armor rode out of the trees, and women ahorseback, too.
The great hunt
2
And there were all sorts of folk passing along that highway; some afoot and some ahorseback.
The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
Usage of horseback in English
1
Photos of the new recruits often show wiry young men on horseback.
Reuters
2
I taught a class called 'vaulting,' which is basically gymnastics on horseback.
Reuters
3
The ride from Pallton House to London took six hours by horseback.
Destined to last
4
But a decision about where to cross on horseback required different considerations.
The Plains of Passage
5
When we're on horseback, animals don't see us, they see the horses.
The Shelters of Stone
6
Following his look, I saw two bodies on horseback riding towards us.
English passengers
7
No; he will travel faster on horseback than we in our carriage.
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia
8
I went on a horseback riding safari in Africa which was great.
Reuters
9
It takes considerably longer than that to learn horseback-riding in the rough.
What Is Man? and Other Essays
10
Out in Xinjiang, China's remote national borders are still patrolled on horseback.
Country driving: a journey through china from farm to factory
11
He believed in the God-of-things-as-they-are because he was the man on horseback.
The Vision Splendid
12
They came by horseback, they came by boat, they came on foot.
Lord of Light
13
The men in Monterey appeared to me to be always on horseback.
Two Years Before the Mast
14
A rotund figure upon horseback appears at a bend in the road.
The First Hundred Thousand: Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a ...
15
North, visible now for the first time, the Gnomes on horseback appeared.
The First King of Shannara
16
The Comte Artois next proceeded on horseback to the barrier St. Martin.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 13
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common
Ireland
Less common