Definition of "bareback" [bare•back]

• On a horse or other animal with no saddle: rode bareback; a bareback rider. (adverb)

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• "Some sites are used specifically to arrange unprotected - or "bareback" - encounters between groups of men."
• "My bareback was a mare named Kattle Kate owned by Flying U Rodeo, one of about forty stock contractors that had animals at the NFR."
• "Big-name bareback: The bareback riding portion of Saturday included some big names, and they responded with rides that delighted the crowd."