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

"I'll wait for you here," repeated Alcinda taking up her position on the horse block by the gate.

From A Dear Little Girl's Thanksgiving Holidays by Blanchard, Amy Ella

A young man whom she recognized as one of her Uncle Zeke's tenants was hitching to the horse block a well-set-up young mare drawing a species of broad-seated breaking sulky.

From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by Phillips, David Graham

Tying my sunbonnet over the top of the jar, I stationed myself on the horse block at the front gate.

From Moths of the Limberlost by Stratton-Porter, Gene

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

The tradition is that Washington stood on a horse block, telescope in hand, trying in vain to penetrate the smoke and fog and discover the force of the enemy intrenched within the Chew mansion.

From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank