Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable, usually, with on)The back of a horse.

    They came on horseback across the plains.

    Pferderücken

    спина́ ло́шадиspiná lóšadi

    the back of a horse

  2. (countable)A ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders.

    гре́беньgrébenʹ, гряда́grjadá

    a narrow ridge of hills

Examples

55 sentences
  1. I enjoy horseback riding.

    Мені подобається верхова їзда. — deniko

    deIch reite gern. — Luiaard

  2. I'd like to try horseback riding.

    deIch würde gern mal auf einem Pferd reiten. — Manfredo

  3. Have you ever been horseback riding?

  4. I want to go horseback riding.

  5. I used to go horseback riding.

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
back of a horse:
ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
back of a horse:

Origin

From Middle English horsebacke, horsebak, horsbak, equivalent to horse + back.

From Middle English horsebacke, horsebak, horsbak, equivalent to horse + back.

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Forms

plural: horsebacks
Singularhorseback
Pluralhorsebacks

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
ridge:esker
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • horseback riding
  • go horseback riding
  • enjoy horseback riding
  • go horseback
  • to go horseback
  • enjoy horseback

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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