horse block

American  

noun

1. a step or block of stone, wood, etc., for getting on or off a horse or in or out of a vehicle.

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Etymology

Origin of horse block

First recorded in 1745–55

Example Sentences

The pony had stumbled over the horse block at the very door of the Long Tom ranch house.

From Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur by Taylor, Edward C.

An obliging breeze caught it, and it scuttled off around the corner and would have been home ahead of me if it hadn’t collided with a horse block.

From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Lester, Pauline

Hank, he gets up, and then he sets down sudden on a horse block and wipes his face on his sleeve, which they was considerable blood come onto the sleeve.

From Danny's Own Story by Marquis, Don

By the horse block lay the mass of something indeterminate which I presently saw to be sacks full of something knobby.

From The Killer by White, Stewart Edward

“Nimrod is at the ‘house’ horse block, is it not?

From Jessica, the Heiress by Raymond, Evelyn