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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The Wire alums travel though Kyrgyzstan on horseback in the new doc from Blink Films, which will also play as a two-part series.
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
In November 1993, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis fell while fox hunting on horseback in Virginia.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 12 Feb. 2026
Within a few hours, a search party began looking for him, crisscrossing the Blue Mountains on horseback all night as rain fell and temperatures hovered just above freezing.
—Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 11 Feb. 2026
Desire, which has been his guide during the hours of riding on horseback across the plains, leaves him no peace.
—Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
In November 1993, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis fell while fox hunting on horseback in Virginia.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 12 Feb. 2026
Within a few hours, a search party began looking for him, crisscrossing the Blue Mountains on horseback all night as rain fell and temperatures hovered just above freezing.
—Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 11 Feb. 2026
Desire, which has been his guide during the hours of riding on horseback across the plains, leaves him no peace.
—Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
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“On horseback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20horseback. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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