Definition of "on horseback" []

• On the back of a horse; mounted or riding on a horse or horses; in the saddle. (noun)

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• "Crassus probably sat on horseback close to his armys front line, the usual position of a Roman general in battle."
• "Episcoporum (I, ii, 4) directs that in these receptions the bishop is to ride on horseback wearing his mitre, and under a canopy which is in the first instance to be carried by some of the principal magistrates of the town."
• "The men arrived a couple of hours later on horseback and scattered over the ranch, rounding up the cow-calf pairs and herding them back to the corrals near the house."