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

Or there are cases involving U.S. citizens trafficking other U.S. citizens, such as the “Horse Block Pimpin’ ” prosecution, in which defendants trafficked 55 women mostly across the Mid-Atlantic region.

From Washington Post

The umbrella venture, prosecutors said, was called, “Horse Block Pimpin,” although Bonner dubbed his particular part “Ace Block Pimpin.”

From Washington Post

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 Project Gutenberg

There were the white-washed posts where the farm road began, the horse block where he bade the goose farmer good-by, but the farmhouse itself had disappeared.

From Project Gutenberg

"Will you tell me why it has 'State Asylum' on the horse block?" she said.

From Project Gutenberg