Wiktionary
n. 1 a post to which a horse (or other animal) may be tethered to prevent it from straying 2 (context slang English) A main shelter at a recreation place (e.g., a campground) where people go to socialize, eat and purchase small items.
WordNet
n. a fixed post with a ring to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying
Wikipedia
A hitching post is a post to which a horse (or other animal) may be tethered to prevent it from straying. The term can also refer to:
- The "hitching post", a contentious punishment in the case of Hope v. Pelzer
- The Hitching Post, a steakhouse restaurant
- The Hitching Post, a pub in Ballycogley
- The Hitching Post, a student publication of Wilson High School (Los Angeles, California)
- The Hitching Post, a student publication of Marlboro High School
- Hitching Post Plaza in Perinton, New York
- Hitching Post Hill (Hyattsville, Maryland), a historic building in Hyattsville, Prince George's County, Maryland
- Hitchin' Posts, a lost 1920 drama film directed by John Ford
Usage examples of "hitching post".
He dismounts a dozen cubits from the square-arched doorway and ties the gelding to the unused hitching post.
Says he imagines he's haunted by a hitching post that's in love with his wife.
Turning my horse into the gate, I rode up to the hitching post, and getting stiffly down, tied my horse, glancing back at the gate.
Beyond the parkway lay the shade-dappled street, empty except for an open buggy, its horse tethered to a hitching post.
He ties the gelding to the bronze ring of the hitching post outside Dustyn's narrow porch, then climbs the steps and enters the narrow foyer.
With a smile, Lorn guides the gelding to the granite hitching post below the narrow porch, and ties his mount to the bronze ring, slightly tarnished.
He swung down from the roan and tied it to the hitching post in front of the newly constructed cabin.
Cole's brother stood on the street, next to their wagon, leaning against a hitching post.
After easing the gelding through the carriage gate, Cerryl tied his mount to a hitching post under the overhanging front eaves of the stable and dismounted.
He has barely dismounted and tied the gelding to the bronze ring of the innermost hitching post, before a ginger-bearded, balding, and young-faced captain steps out of the narrow doorway and toward Lorn.
As he slowly dismounted and tossed the bridle reins over the hitching post, Scarlett’.
King grumbled as he sidled to the hitching post before Ransden's door and began rubbing his black hide on it.
As Wesley put the small shirt on the boy, and fastened the trousers, he was ready to reset the hitching post and mend the fence without a word.