horseback
Riding an equine
Horseback refers to the back of a horse, used almost exclusively in the phrase on horseback, meaning mounted on a horse: They traveled on horseback through the mountains.
As an adverb, it describes doing something while riding: The soldiers arrived horseback.
Horseback riding is the common American term for the activity the British call horse riding.
Travel on foot
- trotPace between walk, canter
- canterModerate equine gait
- gallopSwiftest quadruped gait
- lopeEasy, swinging gait
pace · stride · hoofbeats · gait · collected · extended · rack · amble
Mounted rider's seat
- bridleEquine control harness
- reinsBit-attached steering straps
- bitSmall amount or portion
- stirrupsSaddle-hung foot supports
girth · cinch · pommel · cantle · martingale · breastplate · crupper · hackamore
Female adult equine
- geldingCastrated male equine
- stallionIntact male breeding horse
- foalYoung equine, under one
- coltImmature male equine
filly · mane · hoof · withers · fetlock · neigh · whinny · pasture
Competitive precision riding
- eventingOrganizing or attending happenings
- showjumpingTimed equine obstacle sport
- equitationMounted riding skill
- passageSegment of text
half-pass · cross-country · arena · manege · paddock · horsewoman · equestrienne · posting
Mounted cattle herder
- rodeoCowboy skills competition
- lassoLooped rope for catching
- spursHeel-mounted riding prods
- chapsProtective riding legwear
wrangler · bronco · mustang · buckaroo · ranch · cattle-drive · roping · reining
walk
Travel on foot
lope · pace · stride · hoofbeats · gait · collected · extended · rack · amble · single-foot
saddle
Mounted rider's seat
stirrups · girth · cinch · pommel · cantle · martingale · breastplate · crupper · hackamore · halter
mare
Female adult equine
colt · filly · mane · hoof · withers · fetlock · neigh · whinny · pasture · stable
dressage
Competitive precision riding
- eventingOrganizing or attending happenings
- showjumpingTimed equine obstacle sport
- equitationMounted riding skill
passage · half-pass · cross-country · arena · manege · paddock · horsewoman · equestrienne · posting · seat
cowboy
Mounted cattle herder
chaps · wrangler · bronco · mustang · buckaroo · ranch · cattle-drive · roping · reining · cutting
charger
Power-restoring device or mount
cavalry · knight · jousting · lance · crusade · medieval · dragoon · hussar · uhlan
carriage
Wheeled passenger vehicle
- stagecoachHorse-drawn route vehicle
- wagonWheeled hauling vehicle
- coachOne who instructs
buggy · cart · chariot · sleigh · landau · brougham · surrey · buckboard · hansom · phaeton
- animal transportmule, donkey, ox, camel, elephant
- ranchingcattle, ranch, rancher, ranchers, ranching
- Frontier Transportcovered wagon, stagecoach, prairie schooner, Conestoga wagon, wagon train
- rural transporttractor, mule, donkey, wagon, ox cart
- MongoliaGobi Desert, Inner Mongolia, steppe, Mongols, nomads
- ancient traveltravelers, Silk Road, pilgrims, trade routes, caravans
horsebackafoot
Currently in motion
on foot · walking · pedestrian · unmounted · dismounted
- horseback ridingTraveling seated on equines
back, horse, horses, horseshoe, horseman, horsey, horsing, horseshoes, horsed