mounting-block
Britishnoun
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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 Marie Conway Oemler
He aided her to her feet, untied the horses, and offered her his hand for a mounting-block.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Rupert Hughes
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 A. R. (Alfred Richard) Allinson
Before the horse was at the mounting-block she was awaiting him, buttoning her gloves, while she extended her foot for Bob to buckle her spur.
From A Tar-Heel Baron by Edward Stratton Holloway
Dolly, very white and angry, stood by the mounting-block, striving to preserve her dignity.
From Oddsfish! by Robert Hugh Benson
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