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barebacked en · ADJ

Etymology

From bare + backed.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of a bird raised for meat: lacking feathers, seen as an undesirable trait.
    • Buyers discount many broiler flocks by from one to five cents a pound due to barebacks, but the loss to the industry does not end there. Barebacked broilers slow down the pickers in the dressing plants which results in a loss in labor. 1950, Poultry Digest, volume 9, page 91:

barebacked en · ADV

Etymology

From bare + backed.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Synonym of bareback.
    • Roote condones, even encourages sex "in the interest of science," but he warns, "Never ride barebacked and always send in a report." 1993 February 26, Josefa Smith, “The Hothouse”, in Chicago Reader:
    • Just as our meal was ready, our roustabout came into camp, riding one of the horses barebacked, with only a halter and leading the other two. 1912, J. A. Graves, Out of Doors--California and Oregon:

Synonyms

bareback