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mounting-block

noun

a block of stone formerly used to aid a person when mounting a horse

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Examples from the Web for mounting-block

He aided her to her feet, untied the horses, and offered her his hand for a mounting-block.
What Will People Say?|Rupert Hughes
The word scamillus is a diminutive of scamnum, a mounting-block or bench.
Ten Books on Architecture|Vitruvius
Seeing the Monk standing on his mounting-block, he asked: "What is this good Father saying?"
The Merrie Tales Of Jacques Tournebroche|Anatole France