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.1912, J. A. Graves, Out of Doors--California and Oregon:
Roote condones, even encourages sex "in the interest of science," but he warns, "Never ride barebacked and always send in a report."1993 February 26, Josefa Smith, “The Hothouse”, in Chicago Reader:
barebacked
adj
Etymology From bare + backed.
1
Of a bird raised for meat: lacking feathers, seen as an undesirable trait.
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.1950, Poultry Digest, volume 9, page 91: