on horseback
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: on the back of a horse : by riding a horse
Before the invention of the automobile, people often traveled on horseback.
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The weather has shut down automobile travel between the ranch and Bozeman until spring; anyone who makes the trek must do so on horseback or wagon.
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 Feb. 2025
Advertisement On Friday, security was still tight inside the Palisades fire zone, with police and troops at most major intersections and others patrolling on horseback and dirt bikes to keep an eye out for looters.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Brennan reported that the nurses on horseback also had a farrier on site to aid any horses in case they got hurt on the rough terrain.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2024
Three other men will take the three-mile trek to downtown on horseback.
—Laura Anaya-Morga, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 Feb. 2025
Advertisement On Friday, security was still tight inside the Palisades fire zone, with police and troops at most major intersections and others patrolling on horseback and dirt bikes to keep an eye out for looters.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Brennan reported that the nurses on horseback also had a farrier on site to aid any horses in case they got hurt on the rough terrain.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2024
Three other men will take the three-mile trek to downtown on horseback.
—Laura Anaya-Morga, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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“On horseback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20horseback. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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