n. The back of a horse, particularly that part of the back on which the rider sits: used generally in the phrase on horseback, often abbreviated to horseback, and used adverbially.n. A low and somewhat sharp ridge of sand or gravel; also, but not generally, a ridge of rock which rises for a short distance with a sharp edge: a common term in New England, especially in Maine. Also called hogback, hog's-back, and boar's-back. Such ridges are called by Scotch geologists kames, by the Irish eskars.On the back of a horse: as, to ride horseback. See horseback, n., 1.