mounting-block
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I leapt off, and stood by the mounting-block to help her.
From Oddsfish! by Robert Hugh Benson
The word scamillus is a diminutive of scamnum, a mounting-block or bench.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
"Lead us to it," said St. Georges, "then attend to the horse;" and as he spoke he threw the reins over the hook fixed in the tree by the mounting-block.
From In the Day of Adversity by John Bloundelle-Burton
Dolly, very white and angry, stood by the mounting-block, striving to preserve her dignity.
From Oddsfish! by Robert Hugh Benson
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 William Le Queux
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