barebacked

See also: bare-backed

English

Etymology

From bare +‎ backed.

Adverb

barebacked (not comparable)

1. Synonym of bareback
   • 1912, J. A. Graves, Out of Doors--California and Oregon‎:

     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:

     Roote condones, even encourages sex "in the interest of science," but he warns, "Never ride barebacked and always send in a report."

Adjective

barebacked (not comparable)

1. 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.