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half-backed

  • a word derived from backed.
    backed
    adjective
    having a back, backing, setting, or support (often used in combination).

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And trust some random pike, or half-backed horse, Besides what's caught in Italy, to save him.

From Songs from Books by Rudyard Kipling

Even at moorings they shiver and sidle like half-backed horses.

From Sea Warfare by Rudyard Kipling