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

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horse block

Both gentlemen stepped down to the horse block to meet and help her to dismount.

From Her Mother's Secret by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

There they saw the beautiful Rhiannon sitting on the horse block at the gate.

From Welsh Fairy Tales by Griffis, William Elliot

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

From Jessica, the Heiress by Raymond, Evelyn

Satisfied with this resolution, he sat down to crack his nuts at his leisure, upon the horse block in the inn yard.

From The Parent's Assistant by Edgeworth, Maria

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 Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy by Webster, Frank V.