zebraback - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From zebra + back, modelled on horseback.
zebraback (uncountable)
- (usually with on) The back of a zebra (for riding upon).
1968, Kenneth Patchen, The Collected Poems of Kenneth Patchen, New Directions Publishing, →ISBN, page 445:
[...] came barging out of the closet on zebraback. After I lifted her off she said she had herself a sore behind from riding all the way up from Boston and would I mind holding her for a while.
2010 December 28, DD Barant, Killing Rocks: The Bloodhound Files, St. Martin's Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 237:
[...] travelling on zebraback in a straight line is a lot quicker than making your way through tunnels that double back on themselves and are filled with hidden traps and blind alleys.