vaulting horse

noun

, Gymnastics.

1. a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.

vaulting horse

noun

1. gymnastics a padded apparatus on legs, used for vaulting exercises Also calledbuck

Word History and Origins

Origin of vaulting horse¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

A wooden vaulting-horse with the stuffing would have been expensive: they abandoned the idea.

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Jean sprang to her feet on the top of the vaulting-horse, and danced up and down in her excitement.

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Only the gaunt parallel bars, and idle swings, and melancholy vaulting-horse.

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