"riding or performing on an unsaddled ('bare-backed') horse," 1560s, from bare (adj.) + back (n.).
she prefers to ride her horse bareback
a bareback rider
Barcelona
bard
bardic
bardolatry
bare
bareback
barefaced
barefoot
bare-handed
bare-headed
barely
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