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