Cold-back
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cold-back is a noun meaning A syndrome in which a horse refuses to accept anything on its back (often a symptom of chronic lower back soreness).
Meaning
A syndrome in which a horse refuses to accept anything on its back (often a symptom of chronic lower back soreness).
More Meanings
- A horse with cold-back.
- (of a horse) Refusing to bear weight on its back; bucking and shying when anything is put on the back.
Example Sentences
"Guess he's a cold-back," Slim observed when Blackie had calmed down somewhat.
You go back to the corral and saddle that cold-back sumbitch and put on your chaps and spurs.
A cold-back bronc raises his head up high as a single cowboy walks toward him to mount in the cold morning air.
It is difficult to compare the human counterpart of what Jeffcott describes as another 'well known' problem in horses, namely, "cold-back".
Word Forms
- cold-backs
- coldback
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include reinback, rein-back, horseback, assback, swayback, cowback.
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