vaulting horse
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of vaulting horse
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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In the Wooden Horse escape, in which a tunnel was dug underneath a vaulting horse, he was one of the organising committee.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2024
In the wooden horse attempt, he and others continuously jumped over a vaulting horse which covered the trap door to an escape tunnel.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2022
Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina lost the all-around because – get this — officials set the vaulting horse five centimeters too low.
From Salon • Aug. 1, 2012
In a cavernous room on the third floor of a stunt training center in Bangkok, Jaa bobs on the mat like a gymnast lining up a run to the vaulting horse.
From Time Magazine Archive
By this hand, I'd spend twenty pound my vaulting horse stood here now, she might see do but one trick.
From Every Man out of His Humour by Jonson, Ben
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