| 单词 | mounting block |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmounting block mounting block n. a block of stone, etc., from which to mount a horse (used allusively in quot. 1749 to refer to sexual intercourse). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > mounting a horse > mounting-block mounting place1490 riding block1570 block1614 mounting block1659 horsing stone1661 horsing-block1662 upping-stocka1697 joss-block1706 horse-block1713 mounting stone1794 upping-block1796 upping-stone1809 horse-steps1828 leaping-on-stone1837 stepping-stone1837 stirrup-stone1838 pillion stone1907 1659 J. Howell Particular Vocab. §ii, in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) A mounting block. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 24 One of her favourite girls,..whose business it was to prepare and break such young Fillies as I was to the mounting-block. 1899 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Some Experiences Irish R.M. 297 I smoked in the yard, seated on the old mounting-block by the gate. 1988 Horse & Rider June 44/4 Mounting blocks are considered old-fashioned but they are important for the horses if people are heaving themselves onto them. < as lemmas |
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