See Also: a-horseback(dictionary)
horseback(dictionary)
horseback(dictionary)
Angels on horseback(recipes)
Devils on horseback(recipes)

synarthrosis (iou) and horseback (iou)


synarthrosis (iou)



synarthrosis noun. . L16.
[Greek sunarthrosis, from sun- SYN- + arthrosis ARTHROSIS.]
Anatomy. (An) articulation in which the bones are firmly and immovably fixed together, as in the sutures of the skull and the sockets of the teeth.
synarthrodial adjective M19.

horseback (iou)



horseback noun & adverb. LME.
[from HORSE noun + BACK noun1.]
A. noun.
A horse's back. Now only in on horseback, (a) mounted on a horse; (b) on to a horse. LME.
devils-on-horseback: see DEVIL noun.
Ld Macaulay In an age when even princesses performed their journeys on horseback. Oxford English Dictionary He had some difficulty in climbing on horseback.
Geology. A low sharp ridge of gravel, sand, or rock, esp. an esker or kame. US. M19.
Comb.: horseback opinion US: given without opportunity to consider the matter; horseback-riding (chiefly N. Amer.) horse-riding.
b. adverb. On horseback. E18.
M. Amsterdam I love to ride horseback.