Definition of "hitching-post" [hitching-post]

• A post to which horses are hitched or tethered. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "But he insisted on his own privacy and self-seclusion, and so thoroughly ignored Dick that that good-natured creature finally gave him up and scarcely took as much interest in him as in the hitching-post near the stable."
• "Providence is way ahead of Williamsburg in the hitching-post department."
• "Confronted with the lack of a hitching-post, he brought the 6-year-old horse, named Sammy, in with him."