English Dictionary

horse-block

noun

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

The horse-block is located outside the stable.

意味（1）

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

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.