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Definition of Ahorseback
1. Adverb. On the back of a horse. "Policeman patrolled the streets ahorseback"
2. Adjective. Traveling on horseback. "A file of men ahorseback passed by"
Definition of Ahorseback
1. adv. On horseback.
Definition of Ahorseback
1. Adverb. On the back of a horse; horseback. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ahorseback
Literary usage of Ahorseback
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chronicles of Sir John Froissart Condensed for Young Readers by Jean Froissart (1900)
"The order of the Englishmen's battle array was told to the French King, except
that they had ordered three hundred men ahorseback and as many archers ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1913)
"... afoot or ahorseback, to make camp where night finds you; the "Hotel of the
Beautiful Star" it is called. If the pools or deer-runs are particularly ..."
3. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie (1801)
"Upon this they cursed me, and ten more of the same gang, en ahorseback, having
joined them, they repeated the same demand of gold, enforced with the same ..."
4. The Wonders of the Colorado Desert (southern California) Its Rivers and Its by George Wharton James (1906)
"... lived on ahorseback! Here is a leader of an expedition who has just made the
terrific journey of a thousand miles over an untried desert from below ..."
5. Jack London and Hawaii by Charmian London (1918)
"to sit peacefully with folded hands while the rout goes by ahorseback with laugh
and love and song, walking carefully all one's days—or to live in heat of ..."
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