Meaning of horse-block | Babel Free

Definitions

A platform or steps used for getting on or off a horse or, in modern times, sometimes a vehicle.

Examples

“One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.”

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