on horseback
idiom
: 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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Desire, which has been his guide during the hours of riding on horseback across the plains, leaves him no peace.
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Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
Pack your jeans and boots for a private tour on horseback through the property’s pastures and along the Buffalo Fork River, complete with a Teton Range photo opp.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2026
Federal agents in tactical gear, carrying firearms, moved in on the park, walking in a straight line, side by side, some on horseback, as news helicopters hovered above and nearby demonstrators jeered at them.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
In the course of sixteen months, from 1914 to 1915, the Routledges and their crew crisscrossed the island on horseback, worked closely with an influential islander named Tepano Ramo a Veriamo, and produced a pioneering survey of Rapa Nui’s topography and monuments.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
Pack your jeans and boots for a private tour on horseback through the property’s pastures and along the Buffalo Fork River, complete with a Teton Range photo opp.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2026
Federal agents in tactical gear, carrying firearms, moved in on the park, walking in a straight line, side by side, some on horseback, as news helicopters hovered above and nearby demonstrators jeered at them.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
In the course of sixteen months, from 1914 to 1915, the Routledges and their crew crisscrossed the island on horseback, worked closely with an influential islander named Tepano Ramo a Veriamo, and produced a pioneering survey of Rapa Nui’s topography and monuments.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
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“On horseback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20horseback. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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