mounting block

English

Noun

mounting block (plural mounting blocks)

1. (historical) A small block, often carved with steps, used for mounting or dismounting a horse at a pub, courthouse etc.
   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 150:

     The Sun Inn is an attractive black-and-white building, and has an old mounting block outside as a reminder of the days when horsepower meant four legs and a saddle.