on horseback

phrase

: on the back of a horse : by riding a horse

Before the invention of the automobile, people often traveled on horseback.

Examples of on horseback in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

He also was depicted there as the Marlboro Man, a cowboy on horseback and with a white Stetson who could ride to the rescue, on everything from baseball caps to beer cozies. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

Montaner had also seen El Cid, the 1961 Charlton Heston epic, and the film’s towers, period costumes, jousting, sword fights, and knights on horseback were all incorporated into the show. — Alessandra Schade, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026

By early 2027, the four of us plan to be together again, this time on horseback in Patagonia. — Chloe Frost-Smith, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026

Baltzor and her husband Keith, had just finished riding a bunch of about 150 hundred head of their cattle down Highway 205 on horseback from another pasture. — Anna King, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for on horseback

• ammoniac
• biofeedback
• counterattack
• demoniac
• elegiac
• noncardiac
• paranoiac
• aback
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback