dash-boarded
adj.— «“Getting dash-boarded (thrown over the front of the bull) is also dangerous,” Davis says. “The worst is when you get stepped on.”» —“Cowboys must prepare for ride of their lives” by Ofelia Casillas State Journal-Register (Springfield, Illinois) July 27, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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