Boarback

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The back of a boar (for riding upon). uncountable, usually, with-on

    "[...] galloping over the [mountain] on boarback (p. 258), were survivals of the legend of the Maenads in their carnivorous ecstasies."

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"[...] galloping over the [mountain] on boarback (p. 258), were survivals of the legend of the Maenads in their carnivorous ecstasies."

Etymology

From boar + back, modelled on horseback.

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