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Noun: horseback  'hors,bak
  1. The back of a horse
     
  2. A narrow ridge of hills
    - hogback
Adverb: horseback  'hors,bak
  1. On the back of a horse
    "he rode horseback to town";
    - ahorse, ahorseback

Derived forms: horsebacks

Type of: body part, ridge, ridgeline

Part of: Equus caballus, horse

Encyclopedia: Horseback