horsebackn.adv.

Etymology: < horse n. + back n.¹

A. n.

†1.

/ˈhɔːsˈbæk/. The back of a horse. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > back or types of

horseback1484

razorback1844

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iv He sawe a fayr yong man on a horsbak.

1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Epitome F iij b They are no sooner on their horse backes, then..the horse [etc.].

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 289 Saint George that swindg'd the Dragon, And ere since sit's on's horsebacke at mine Hostesse dore.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. vii. 320/2 Water Bags, with the Leather under it which covers the Horse-Back.

1704 N. N. tr. T. Boccalini Advts. from Parnassus II. 219 So soon as he had alighted of his Horse-back.

/ˈhɔːsbæk/. esp. in Phrases. on horseback ( †a horseback).

a. Sitting or riding on a horse.

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

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 260 This knight, whiche hoved and abode Embuisshed upon horsebake.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) v. 58 Be this Desert, no Man may go on Hors back.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xvii. 18 They are all a hors~backe.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Esther vi. C Aman..broughte him on horszbacke thorow the strete of the cite.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Maladie Diseases come a horsebacke, and returne on foot.

1627 W. Duncomb tr. V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times i. 21 Many of the chiefe courtiers were a horse-backe.

1668 J. Flavell Saint Indeed 108 That such a begger should ride on horse-back and such a Prince run after it on foot!

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 113 A couple of robbers a-horseback suddenly appeared.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 351 In an age when even princesses performed their journeys on horseback.

b. of motion: (Mounting) upon a horse. So from, off horseback.

ΘΚΠ

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

on horseback1490

1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) vii. 28 The knyght mounted hastely on horsbake.

a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 42/1 They founde the kinge with his companie readye to leape on horsebacke.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 420 Counterfeit shapes of men set on horseback.

1704 N. N. tr. T. Boccalini Advts. from Parnassus III. 175 A certain Great King..fell off Horse-back.

1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 285 The Dragoons..get a Horseback.

1740 tr. C. de F. de Mouhy Fortunate Country Maid II. 273 A Man just alighted from Horseback.

1809 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. XV. xii. 429 Set a beggar on horse-back, and he'll ride to the devil.

1899 N.E.D. at Horse-back Mod. He had some difficulty in climbing on horseback.

†c. to horseback, upon horseback; to horse. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 2466 To hors-back went thay in ffere.

c1500 Melusine (1895) liv. 331 He made to go to horsback hys brother and his x knightes.

1562 J. Heywood Sixt Hundred Epigrammes ix, in Wks. sig. Cc^v Then must she to horsbacke.

1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course x. f. 108 A stool to help him to horsback.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 307 Before you goe to Horssebacke, first stroke your Horsse.

d. Short for: Riding on horseback.

ΘΚΠ

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

roadeOE

ridinga1325

horse-ridingc1610

bull riding1835

horseback1878

1878 ‘G. Eliot’ in Life (1885) III. 332 Mr. Lewes did once try horseback, some years ago.

3. Geology /ˈhɔːsbæk/. A low and somewhat sharp ridge of gravel or sand; a hog-back. U.S.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ridge > [noun] > hogback

hogback1790

swine back1826

horseback1851

1851 J. S. Springer Forest Life & Forest Trees 41 The pumpkin Pine is..found..also on abrupt ridges, called horse-backs.

a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) iii. 294 There were singular long ridges hereabouts, called ‘horsebacks’, covered with ferns.

1884 G. Nash in Hist. Norfolk County (Mass.) 561/2 The sharp, linear hills, called horse-backs or kams.

4. Coal Mining (Newcastle). ‘A portion of the roof or floor which bulges or intrudes into the coal.’

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > features of stratum or vein > [noun] > rise or bulge in roof or floor

skew1789

roll1849

swell1855

hogback1867

horseback1881

1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 146 Horse-back, Newc[astle]. A portion of the roof or floor which bulges or intrudes into the coal.

a1886 C. M. Ingleby Ess. (1888) 45 What miners call a ‘horse's back’, which is an upheaving of the strata which underlie the coal.

B. adv.

Short for on horseback at sense A. 2.

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

1727 S. Wesley in E. Clarke Susanna Wesley (1886) 152 We can neither go afoot or horseback.

1756 F. Brooke Old Maid No. 26. 155 Upon the Champion's entry on horse-back, he burst into..an immoderate fit of laughter.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 129 I rode horse~back to the next stage.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as horseback-breaker, horseback-ride, horseback-riding; horseback-fashion adv. horseback ride, horseback riding, are expressions used chiefly in U.S.; in England, ride, riding are understood to be on horseback, unless otherwise expressed or implied, as ‘a ride in a wagon’, ‘a bicycle ride’. See ride n.², drive n. (N.E.D.)

ΚΠ

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 246 This horse-backe-breaker, this huge hill of flesh.

1821 Col. Trimble in Open Court XI. 245 A horseback ride over the country.

1843 F. Marryat Narr. Trav. M. Violet III. i. 14 Seated, horseback-fashion, upon parallel low benches.

1878 G. Durant (title) Horseback Riding from a Medical Point of View.

1884 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. IV. i. (at cited word) The American use is to speak of the latter [i.e. driving in a carriage or riding in an omnibus] as riding, distinguishing the former as horseback-riding.

C2.

horseback opinion n. U.S. an opinion given (as) from horseback, without opportunity for full consideration of the question.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > [noun] > ill-considered opinion

horseback opinion1879

1879 Congress. Rec. 23 Apr. 728/1 I am not here as a judicial authority or oracle. I can only give a horseback opinion.

1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy vi. 72 My sister gives it as a horseback opinion that she'd been engaged to this fellow nearly eight months.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	horseback
释义	horsebackn.adv. Etymology: < horse n. + back n.¹ A. n. †1. /ˈhɔːsˈbæk/. The back of a horse. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > back or types of horseback1484 razorback1844 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iv He sawe a fayr yong man on a horsbak. 1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Epitome F iij b They are no sooner on their horse backes, then..the horse [etc.]. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 289 Saint George that swindg'd the Dragon, And ere since sit's on's horsebacke at mine Hostesse dore. View more context for this quotation 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. vii. 320/2 Water Bags, with the Leather under it which covers the Horse-Back. 1704 N. N. tr. T. Boccalini Advts. from Parnassus II. 219 So soon as he had alighted of his Horse-back. 2. /ˈhɔːsbæk/. esp. in Phrases. on horseback ( †a horseback). a. Sitting or riding on a horse. 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 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 260 This knight, whiche hoved and abode Embuisshed upon horsebake. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) v. 58 Be this Desert, no Man may go on Hors back. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xvii. 18 They are all a hors~backe. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Esther vi. C Aman..broughte him on horszbacke thorow the strete of the cite. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Maladie Diseases come a horsebacke, and returne on foot. 1627 W. Duncomb tr. V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times i. 21 Many of the chiefe courtiers were a horse-backe. 1668 J. Flavell Saint Indeed 108 That such a begger should ride on horse-back and such a Prince run after it on foot! 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 113 A couple of robbers a-horseback suddenly appeared. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 351 In an age when even princesses performed their journeys on horseback. b. of motion: (Mounting) upon a horse. So from, off horseback. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [adverb] > mounting a horse on horseback1490 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) vii. 28 The knyght mounted hastely on horsbake. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 42/1 They founde the kinge with his companie readye to leape on horsebacke. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 420 Counterfeit shapes of men set on horseback. 1704 N. N. tr. T. Boccalini Advts. from Parnassus III. 175 A certain Great King..fell off Horse-back. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 285 The Dragoons..get a Horseback. 1740 tr. C. de F. de Mouhy Fortunate Country Maid II. 273 A Man just alighted from Horseback. 1809 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. XV. xii. 429 Set a beggar on horse-back, and he'll ride to the devil. 1899 N.E.D. at Horse-back Mod. He had some difficulty in climbing on horseback. †c. to horseback, upon horseback; to horse. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 2466 To hors-back went thay in ffere. c1500 Melusine (1895) liv. 331 He made to go to horsback hys brother and his x knightes. 1562 J. Heywood Sixt Hundred Epigrammes ix, in Wks. sig. Cc^v Then must she to horsbacke. 1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course x. f. 108 A stool to help him to horsback. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 307 Before you goe to Horssebacke, first stroke your Horsse. d. Short for: Riding on horseback. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] roadeOE ridinga1325 horse-ridingc1610 bull riding1835 horseback1878 1878 ‘G. Eliot’ in Life (1885) III. 332 Mr. Lewes did once try horseback, some years ago. 3. Geology /ˈhɔːsbæk/. A low and somewhat sharp ridge of gravel or sand; a hog-back. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ridge > [noun] > hogback hogback1790 swine back1826 horseback1851 1851 J. S. Springer Forest Life & Forest Trees 41 The pumpkin Pine is..found..also on abrupt ridges, called horse-backs. a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) iii. 294 There were singular long ridges hereabouts, called ‘horsebacks’, covered with ferns. 1884 G. Nash in Hist. Norfolk County (Mass.) 561/2 The sharp, linear hills, called horse-backs or kams. 4. Coal Mining (Newcastle). ‘A portion of the roof or floor which bulges or intrudes into the coal.’ ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > features of stratum or vein > [noun] > rise or bulge in roof or floor skew1789 roll1849 swell1855 hogback1867 horseback1881 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 146 Horse-back, Newc[astle]. A portion of the roof or floor which bulges or intrudes into the coal. a1886 C. M. Ingleby Ess. (1888) 45 What miners call a ‘horse's back’, which is an upheaving of the strata which underlie the coal. B. adv. Short for on horseback at sense A. 2. 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 1727 S. Wesley in E. Clarke Susanna Wesley (1886) 152 We can neither go afoot or horseback. 1756 F. Brooke Old Maid No. 26. 155 Upon the Champion's entry on horse-back, he burst into..an immoderate fit of laughter. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 129 I rode horse~back to the next stage. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as horseback-breaker, horseback-ride, horseback-riding; horseback-fashion adv. horseback ride, horseback riding, are expressions used chiefly in U.S.; in England, ride, riding are understood to be on horseback, unless otherwise expressed or implied, as ‘a ride in a wagon’, ‘a bicycle ride’. See ride n.², drive n. (N.E.D.) ΚΠ 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 246 This horse-backe-breaker, this huge hill of flesh. View more context for this quotation 1821 Col. Trimble in Open Court XI. 245 A horseback ride over the country. 1843 F. Marryat Narr. Trav. M. Violet III. i. 14 Seated, horseback-fashion, upon parallel low benches. 1878 G. Durant (title) Horseback Riding from a Medical Point of View. 1884 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. IV. i. (at cited word) The American use is to speak of the latter [i.e. driving in a carriage or riding in an omnibus] as riding, distinguishing the former as horseback-riding. C2. horseback opinion n. U.S. an opinion given (as) from horseback, without opportunity for full consideration of the question. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > [noun] > ill-considered opinion horseback opinion1879 1879 Congress. Rec. 23 Apr. 728/1 I am not here as a judicial authority or oracle. I can only give a horseback opinion. 1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy vi. 72 My sister gives it as a horseback opinion that she'd been engaged to this fellow nearly eight months. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adv.1390
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