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Hitching post   /hˈɪtʃɪŋ poʊst/   Listen
Hitching post

noun
1.
A fixed post with a ring to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying.






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"Hitching post" Quotes from Famous Books



... came into the boy's head, for he happened to think that the present opportunity to have fun would never occur again. He tied Father Time to his uncle's hitching post, that he might not escape, and then crossed the ...
— American Fairy Tales • L. Frank Baum

... Henry Fleming is being detained at his home this week. A new stone hitching post has been set in front of the Fleming ...
— News Writing - The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories • M. Lyle Spencer

... they had gained the hill on the edge of town it was dark. Now the tired horse quickened her pace, for the home barn and Uncle George were not far away. But as they drew near the big brown house of Judge Strong, she felt the first touch of the reins and came to a walk, turning in to the familiar hitching post with reluctance. ...
— The Calling Of Dan Matthews • Harold Bell Wright

... room, Johnnie had a glimpse of a long, stark figure lying on the lounge, and a white face which struck her with a strange pang of vague yet alarming resemblance. She made her hasty thanks to Miss Sessions and hurried in. Gray Stoddard's horse was standing at the hitching post in front, and Gray met her at the head of ...
— The Power and the Glory • Grace MacGowan Cooke

... building with a yard in front and an inscription over its gate was pointed out as a government office. Several employees of the Emperor of China were standing at the gateway, all smoking and enjoying the evening air. At a hitching post outside the gate there were three saddled horses of a breed not unlike the 'Canadian.' The saddles would be uncomfortable to an American, cavalry officer, though not so to a Camanche Indian. According to my recollection ...
— Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar - Life • Thomas Wallace Knox



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