Definition of Hitching post

1. Noun. A fixed post with a ring to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying.

Generic synonyms: Post

Definition of Hitching post

1. Noun. a post to which a horse (or other animal) may be tethered to prevent it from straying ¹

2. Noun. (slang) A main shelter at a recreation place (e.g., a campground) where people go to socialize, eat and purchase small items. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hitching Post

hitchers
hitches
hitchhike
hitchhiked
hitchhiker
hitchhiker thumbs
hitchhikers
hitchhikes
hitchhiking
hitchier
hitchiest
hitchily
hitching
hitching-bar
hitching bar
hitching post (current term)
hitchment
hitchments
hitchrack
hitcht
hitchy
hithe
hither and thither
hithered
hithering
hithermost
hithers
hitherto
hithertofore

Literary usage of Hitching post

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Negligence Reports, Current Series Cited Am. Neg. Rep.: All the by United States (1898)
"And, if such a space is not too great for the use of foot passengers, surely it cannot be unlawful to set a hitching post at the edge of such a walk. ..."

2. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1890)
"Hitching-post in highway, in or near the carriage-way, so as to make traveling thereon in carriages unsafe, is a defect for which a city ц liable to one who ..."

3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Hitching-post, -strap. One for fastening a horse. ... 1884 Every available hitching-post in sight was taken.—Harper's Mag., p. 96. (NED) Hobo. ..."

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