English Dictionary

horse-block

名詞

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

日本語の意味

馬に乗るため、または馬から降りるためのプラットフォームや段差。現代では、車両の乗降台として用いられることもある。

At the countryside fair, they propped a worn horse-block near the fence so riders could mount safely.

田舎の祭りで、彼らは乗り手が安全に騎乗できるように柵の近くに使い古された乗馬用の踏み台を据えた。

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.

horse-blocks （ plural ）