hepping-stock

noun

A horse-block.

Meanings

nounhepping-stock (plural hepping-stocks)

plural hepping-stocks

  1. CornwallarchaicA horse-block.

    I recognised the hepping-stock and granite drinking-trough beside the porch; I recognised the passage too, and felt quite sure that the staircase lay to the right, which proved to be the case.

    1891, The Speaker, volume 4, page 561
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