hitching post

American  

noun

1. a post to which horses, mules, etc., are tied.

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hitching post British  

noun

1. a post or rail to which the reins of a horse, etc, are tied

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Etymology

Origin of hitching post

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

“There’s a hitching post outside, next to the bike rack,” hotel partner Jeremy McBride pointed out, noting that horseback visits aren’t out of the question.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2025

Instead, we can recognize, as even Marx would have to admit by now, that any seemingly inevitable endpoint of history often proves to be a mere hitching post before the next stage of the journey.

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2022

At the Silver Pony Cocktail Lounge cowboys and cowgirls can ride in and tie off their horses at the hitching post offered for patrons.

From Fox News • Sep. 7, 2020

Its official list of rules has always been spare and brief, less a code of law than a hastily scribbled note nailed to a hitching post.

From Slate • Jul. 17, 2015

She nocked an arrow and let it fly at the wooden hitching post.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo