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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverb
[edit]barebacked (not comparable)
- Synonym of bareback
- 1912, J. A. Graves, Out of Doors--California and Oregon[1]:
- 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.
- 1993 February 26, Josefa Smith, “The Hothouse”, in Chicago Reader[2]:
- Roote condones, even encourages sex "in the interest of science," but he warns, "Never ride barebacked and always send in a report."
Adjective
[edit]barebacked (not comparable)
- Of a bird raised for meat: lacking feathers, seen as an undesirable trait.
- 1950, Poultry Digest, volume 9, page 91:
- 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.