bareback

or bare·backed

[ bair-bak ]

adverb, adjective
  1. with the back of a horse, burro, etc., bare; without a saddle: to ride bareback; a bareback rider.

Origin of bareback

1
First recorded in 1555–65; bare1 + back1

Words Nearby bareback

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How to use bareback in a sentence

  • The group also posted to Craigslist: with the headline, "Do you like to bareback?"

  • That is why Indian children prefer riding bareback on an elephant to taking a howdah.

    Kari the Elephant | Dhan Gopal Mukerji
  • Without a word John leaped bareback on one of the horses he had just unsaddled and spurred him across the courtyard.

  • Burt rode bareback into camp, driving half the number of the horses; Riggs followed shortly with several more.

  • Johnnie mounted Ebenezer bareback; and leading Twinkleheels, he turned down the lane.

    The Tale of Pony Twinkleheels | Arthur Scott Bailey
  • Especially after the circus men came along and pasted posters on the barn Johnnie Green liked to ride bareback.

    The Tale of Pony Twinkleheels | Arthur Scott Bailey

British Dictionary definitions for bareback

bareback

barebacked

/ (ˈbɛəˌbæk) /


adjective, adverb
  1. (of horse-riding) without a saddle

  2. slang (of sex) without a condom

verbslang
  1. (intr) to practise unprotected sex

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