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

"Well, what's the record to-night J.?" cried Cressler, as Jadwin brought the bays to a stand at the horse block.

From The Pit by Frank Norris

"We must hurry, my dear, or we may be too late," Josiah Crabtree was saying; and now the boys noted that he was conducting the lady toward a carriage standing by the horse block.

From The Rover Boys at School by Edward Stratemeyer

He looked wistfully at the horse block, but did not dare propose having the horse led up to it.

From Tempest and Sunshine by Mary Jane Holmes

I was just wishin' I knew how to work the force pump like Aunt Laura, when we pulls up at the horse block, and it was up to me to think of some new move.

From Torchy by George Brehm

Blandford hitched his steaming horse to a sleet-covered horse block with a quick sigh of impatient sympathy over the animal and himself, and after fumbling in his pocket for a latchkey, opened the front door.

From The Argonauts of North Liberty by Bret Harte