cold back

English

Noun

cold back (countable and uncountable, plural cold backs)

1. Alternative form of cold-back
   • 1993, Judy Richter, Philip Richter, Pony Talk: A Complete Learning Guide for Young Riders, page 4:

     Some horses and ponies have "cold backs" or are "cinchy."

   • 1998, James R. Rooney, The Lame Horse, page 198:

     That last paragraph leads us to a singularly important aspect of the syndrome of cold back.

   • 2002, Captain M. Horace Hayes, Roy Knightbridge, Veterinary Notes for Horse Owners, page 814:

     The question of whether biting, kicking, rearing, bucking and napping are vices is moot - still more so those horses with headshaking syndrome or cold backs - none of which, the author believes, can truly be described as vices.

   • 2009, Derek C. Knottenbelt, Pascoe's Principles and Practice of Equine Dermatology:

     Note: in some cases the pain may precede the development of overt lesions and the horse may be presented for a 'cold back ' or saddle resentment.

   • 2013, Kenneth W Hinchcliff, Andris J. Kaneps, Raymond J. Geor, Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery, page 428:

     The signs of a cold back are usually exhibited when the saddle is put on, the girth tightened or as the rider mounts.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cold,‎ back.

Adjective

cold back (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of cold-back
   • 2004, Bruce Kiskaddon, Katherine Field, Bill Siems, Shorty's yarns: western stories and poems of Bruce Kiskaddon, page 4:

     I had learned by then to hog it out with most cold back horses but knew little of real breaking.

   • 2018, Frances M. D. Henson, Equine Neck and Back Pathology: Diagnosis and Treatment, page 226:

     Horses will resent tacking up and might have violent reactions similar to those seen on a 'cold back' horse.