The result, however, of long practice on horseback seems to be that a woman becomes almost a centaur, and more fearless than a man.
"Manners and Social Usages"
Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
In one, a root dropped down and rested on the back, as a centaur who turns might rest his hand on his withers.
"Edge of the Jungle"
William Beebe
"He's a centaur, that country boy," observed Jacqueline critically.
"The Missourian"
Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle