oxback

English

A woman riding on oxback.

Etymology

ox +‎ back, modelled on horseback.

Noun

oxback (uncountable)

1. (usually with on) The back of an ox (being ridden, or laden with luggage, as a means of transportation).
   • 1841, Robert Philip, The life, times, and missionary enterprises, of the rev. John Campbell, page 441:

     3. A bushman on oxback, and our guide on horseback. 4. My wagon and ten oxen. 5. Our flock of sheep and goats. 6. Our third wagon and ten oxen. 7. The chief and his son, on oxback. 8. Our spare oxen.

   • 1900, William Holman Bentley, Pioneering on the Congo, page 224:

     Grenfell had travelled 1,000 miles on oxback; a new experience to him, but a most con venient manner of getting over the country. [Photo of a man riding an ox.] GRENFELL ON OXBACK