bareback

American  

[bair-bak] / ˈbɛərˌbæk /

Or barebacked

adverb

1. with the back of a horse, burro, etc., bare; without a saddle.

   to ride bareback; a bareback rider.

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bareback British  

/ ˈbɛəˌbæk /

adjective

1. (of horse-riding) without a saddle

2. slang (of sex) without a condom

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verb

1. (intr) to practise unprotected sex

Etymology

Origin of bareback

First recorded in 1555–65; bare ¹ + back ¹

Example Sentences

Bareback riding — broncs without a saddle — is filled with neck-snapping, back-bending whips and jerks.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2015

Bareback bronc and brahma bull riding, the meanest rodeo events, still delight the fans and break the bones of contestants.

From Time Magazine Archive

"We're out there riding the same broncs and bulls the men are," says top Bareback Rider Benjie Prudom.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bareback riding, broncobusting, calf roping, steer wrestling, etc., at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo.

From Time Magazine Archive

A moment later, a swarm of men came rushing in with hoops, balloons and banners and hurdle-poles, followed by the "Greatest Living Bareback Rider of the Globe, the One and Only Mellburg."

From The Rose in the Ring by McCutcheon, George Barr