mounting-block

British  

noun

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

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mounting-block

I looked up and saw at the left of the courtyard, with its several closed doors, a short flight of steps with a mounting-block, and a doorway leading to a winding staircase.

From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)

Seeing the Monk standing on his mounting-block, he asked: "What is this good Father saying?"

From The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche And Child Life in Town and Country by Allinson, A. R. (Alfred Richard)

At the end of the big, old-fashioned stable-yard, with grey stone outbuildings ranged down either side, and the ancient mounting-block a conspicuous object, were ranged the modern iron kennels full of pointers and spaniels.

From The House of Whispers by Le Queux, William

So thinking, I went in and watched John Flint finish a mounting-block from a plan in the book open upon the table, adding, however, certain improvements of his own.

From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Oemler, Marie Conway

I was riding with a friend one morning when we saw handsome horses waiting at the mounting-block, just inside the gates.

From My First Years as a Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 by Waddington, Mary Alsop King