释义 |
a-ˈhorseback, advb. phr. arch. [a prep.1 of state, on + horseback.] On horseback.
1490Caxton Eneydos li. 145 Whan he was sette ahorsbacke. 1665–9Boyle Occas. Refl. ii. ix. (1675) 126 The careless Wanderer..may be said to have been long a Horse-back. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. (1815) 189 There were two suspicious fellows a-horseback at the end of a lane. 1852Thackeray Esmond i. v. (1876) 35 And he never was known to wear his silk, only his stuff one, a-horseback. |