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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Black heroes on horseback included both men and women, like the gun-toting stagecoach driver Mary Fields and legendary steer wrestler Bill Picket.
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James Edward Mills, Outside, 25 Nov. 2025
As the explosive teaser concludes, with Kayce on horseback in a high-speed chase, Yellowstone's Chief Thomas Rainwater (Gil Birmingham) has some wisdom to offer.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
Prince Fiyero was last seen fleeing on horseback.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
The original clowning actors in the United States joined trick riders on horseback, jugglers, and rope walkers to draw laughs by mocking conventional norms of the time.
—Time, 30 Oct. 2025
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James Edward Mills, Outside, 25 Nov. 2025
As the explosive teaser concludes, with Kayce on horseback in a high-speed chase, Yellowstone's Chief Thomas Rainwater (Gil Birmingham) has some wisdom to offer.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
Prince Fiyero was last seen fleeing on horseback.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
The original clowning actors in the United States joined trick riders on horseback, jugglers, and rope walkers to draw laughs by mocking conventional norms of the time.
—Time, 30 Oct. 2025
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“On horseback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20horseback. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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