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noun
A military maneuver where archers on horseback turned their bodies back in full gallop to shoot at the pursuing enemy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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History
The military tactic was made famous in Rome by the Parthians, an empire on their eastern border.
