ahorsebackadv.

Brit.

/əˈhɔːsbak/, U.S.

/əˈhɔrsˌbæk/

Forms: late Middle English a hors back, late Middle English ahorsbacke, 1500s a hors bak, 1500s–1600s a horsebacke, 1600s a horse-back, 1600s a horse-backe, 1600s a horse backe, 1600s a horsebake, 1600s 1800s– a horseback, 1700s– a-horseback, 1900s– ahorseback.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: on horseback at horseback n. 2.

Etymology: Apparently < on horseback at horseback n. 2, with reduction of the first element (compare a prep.¹). Compare afoot adv. and later ahorse adv.

Now somewhat archaic (U.S. colloquial in later use).

On horseback.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [adverb] > on horseback

on horsea1325

on horseback1390

on steed-backc1400

alofta1425

ahorseback?1473

horseback1727

ahorse1805

saddleback1899

?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 129 Ther were no more but an honderd knyghtes a hors back.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Boke yf Eneydos li. sig. K.iiij Whan he was sette ahorsbacke.

?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 81 I ryde noow a hors bak, that els many timez might mannage it a foot.

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. ii. ix. sig. P5 The careless Wanderer..may be said to have been long a Horse-back.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 89 There were two suspicious fellows a-horseback, at the end of a lane.

1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. v. 104 And he never was known to wear his silk, only his stuff one a-horseback.

1924 J. Mosley in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories (1925) 133 Well, they got to comin' my way—afoot, a-horseback, an' on stretchers—mostly at night.

2001 Amer. Cowboy Mar. 63/2 When you've got cattle that respect a dog, and the guy's ahorseback, there's kind of a harmony there.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ahorseback
释义	ahorsebackadv. Brit. /əˈhɔːsbak/, U.S. /əˈhɔrsˌbæk/ Forms: late Middle English a hors back, late Middle English ahorsbacke, 1500s a hors bak, 1500s–1600s a horsebacke, 1600s a horse-back, 1600s a horse-backe, 1600s a horse backe, 1600s a horsebake, 1600s 1800s– a horseback, 1700s– a-horseback, 1900s– ahorseback. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: on horseback at horseback n. 2. Etymology: Apparently < on horseback at horseback n. 2, with reduction of the first element (compare a prep.¹). Compare afoot adv. and later ahorse adv. Now somewhat archaic (U.S. colloquial in later use). On horseback. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [adverb] > on horseback on horsea1325 on horseback1390 on steed-backc1400 alofta1425 ahorseback?1473 horseback1727 ahorse1805 saddleback1899 ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 129 Ther were no more but an honderd knyghtes a hors back. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Boke yf Eneydos li. sig. K.iiij Whan he was sette ahorsbacke. ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 81 I ryde noow a hors bak, that els many timez might mannage it a foot. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. ii. ix. sig. P5 The careless Wanderer..may be said to have been long a Horse-back. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 89 There were two suspicious fellows a-horseback, at the end of a lane. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. v. 104 And he never was known to wear his silk, only his stuff one a-horseback. 1924 J. Mosley in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories (1925) 133 Well, they got to comin' my way—afoot, a-horseback, an' on stretchers—mostly at night. 2001 Amer. Cowboy Mar. 63/2 When you've got cattle that respect a dog, and the guy's ahorseback, there's kind of a harmony there. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.?1473
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