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oxback

noun

Etymology

From ox + back, modelled on horseback.

  1. inherited from *bʰeg-✻ — “to bend”
  2. inherited from *baką✻
  3. inherited from *bak✻
  4. inherited from bæc
  5. inherited from bak
  6. formed as oxback — “ox + back”

Definitions

  1. The back of an ox (being ridden, or laden with luggage, as a means of transportation).

    • 3. A bushman on oxback, and our guide on horseback. 4. My wagon and ten oxen. 5. Our flock of sheep and goats. 6. Our third wagon and ten oxen. 7. The chief and his son, on oxback. 8. Our spare oxen.
    • Grenfell had travelled 1,000 miles on oxback; a new experience to him, but a most con venient manner of getting over the country. [Photo of a man riding an ox.] GRENFELL ON OXBACK

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA