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hitching rail

hitching rail noun: a horizontal rail with vertical supports to which a horse can be hitched, or tied up to.

hitching rail: a horizontal rail with vertical supports to which a horse can be hitched, or tied up to
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Noun

hitching rail (plural hitching rails)

  1. A horizontal rail with vertical supports to which a horse can be hitched, or tied up to.
    • It was a gala occasion. There was no room at the public hitching rail for another animal, mules and wagons were parked under every available tree.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC

Forms of hitching rail

pluralhitching rails

Questions about hitching rail

What does hitching rail mean?
Hitching rail means a horizontal rail with vertical supports to which a horse can be hitched, or tied up to.
What part of speech is hitching rail?
Hitching rail is a noun.
What is the plural of hitching rail?
The plural of hitching rail is hitching rails.

Words near hitching rail in the dictionary

  1. hitching
  2. hitching one's wagon to
  3. hitching one's wagon to a star
  4. hitching post
  5. hitching posts
  6. hitching rail
  7. hitching rails
  8. hitching up
  9. hitching-bar
  10. hitching-bars
  11. hitchings

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