: on horseback
: given without thorough consideration
a horseback opinion
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Ashlee Marie Preston, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Spend your days chartering a boat, learning about wildlife at South Padre Island Birding, Nature, and Alligator Sanctuary, or horseback riding along the beach with Island Adventure Park.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2025
Lisa Prevost, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2017
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Noun
Whether kayaking pristine lagoons, horseback riding along secluded shores, or quietly reflecting beneath the rustle of palm trees, guests reconnect deeply to nature—and, in doing so, to themselves.
—Ashlee Marie Preston, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Spend your days chartering a boat, learning about wildlife at South Padre Island Birding, Nature, and Alligator Sanctuary, or horseback riding along the beach with Island Adventure Park.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
Horseback riders share the trails with hikers at Brett Woods, a 185-acre conservation area.
—Lisa Prevost, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2017
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“Horseback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horseback. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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horseback
1 of 2 noun
horse·back
ˈhȯrs-ˌbak 
: the back of a horse
horseback
2 of 2 adverb
: on horseback
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