a-horseback

Once he had finished taking care of Molly, Alan sat and told us of his long journey to London a-horseback.

Wicked Will Bailey MacDonald 2009

Once he had finished taking care of Molly, Alan sat and told us of his long journey to London a-horseback.

Wicked Will Bailey MacDonald 2009

'No, no, Miss; the gentleman told Tommy Hodd he wanted an answer as quick as can be; he said, if Tommy'd come a-horseback, he'd pay for the horse, to make him quicker; and Tommy says he always behaves very handsome.'

Camilla 2008

A lame one in his lofty tricks; he sleeps a-horseback, like a poulterer.

The White Devil 2007

On the morrow, when the day was yet young, the knights were ready for departure, and in the very gate they bade farewell to the ladies, who kissed them kindly one and all, and Viridis wept sore; and Atra constrained herself to do even as the others did; but pale she was and quaking when she kissed Arthur and watched him get a-horseback.

The Water of the Wondrous Isles 2007

A lame one in his lofty tricks; he sleeps a-horseback, like a poulterer.

The White Devil 2007

To ride a-horseback is surely pleasanter than to trudge a-foot?

Cyropaedia 2007

Another day a-horseback in the heat, but since no one knew if or when Napier would return to Attegrat, there was nothing else for it.

Flashman on the March Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 2005

From there he Gated back to London, arriving still a-horseback in Miralys's stable.

Ill Met By Moonlight Lackey, Mercedes 2005

He and the ladies, with the maid and Chowder in a coach; I and the man-servant a-horseback.

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker 2004