mounting block

noun

noun

Historical A small block, often carved with steps, used for mounting or dismounting a horse at a pub, courthouse etc.

The Sun Inn is an attractive black-and-white building, and has an old mounting block outside as a reminder of the days when horsepower meant four legs and a saddle.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 150:

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