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horse-blocks

horse-blocks is the plural of horse-block.

Meaning of horse-block

Noun

horse-block (plural horse-blocks)

  1. A platform or steps used for getting on or off a horse or, 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.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC

Questions about horse-blocks

What is horse-blocks the plural of?
Horse-blocks is the plural of horse-block.

Words near horse-blocks in the dictionary

  1. horse-bee
  2. horse-bees
  3. horse-bell
  4. horse-bells
  5. horse-block
  6. horse-blocks
  7. horse-bread
  8. horse-breaker
  9. horse-cart
  10. horse-carts
  11. horse-chestnut

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