lionback

English

Etymology

From lion +‎ back, modelled on horseback.

Noun

lionback (uncountable)

  1. (usually with on) The back of a lion (being ridden, or laden with luggage, as a means of transportation).
    • 1986, H. A. van Oort, The Iconography of Chinese Buddhism in Traditional China: Han to Liao, BRILL, →ISBN, page 20:
      […] lionback. Bronze statue of Wen-shu p'u-sa, bodhisattva Manjushri on lionback. This statue is a good example of the development of the autochthonous Chinese style during the Ming period.
    • 2012 May 28, C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
      SUSAN: Have you ever had a gallop on lionback? LUCY: Well, imagine the padding of great paws. The soft roughness of golden fur, and the mane flying back in the wind. SUSAN: – And you're travelling faster than a train on a mount who never grows tired.
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