hitching posts
Equine parking spots
Hitching posts are sturdy posts where horses can be tied while their riders attend to business elsewhere.
Before automobiles, they lined the streets of every town: He looped the reins around the hitching post and went inside.
The term occasionally appears figuratively for anything that keeps someone or something anchored in place.
- tetheringFastening with a line
- tie upBind or occupy completely
- anchoringFastening securely to position
- securingMaking firmly fixed
- horsesLarge domesticated hoofed mammals
tying · stakes · mooring · rails · troughs · watering hole · frontier towns · dusty streets · saloons · general store · reins · rein in · saddle up · attachment · Old West · fastening · lashing · paddocks
- frontier relicsarrowheads, covered wagons, wagon wheels, log cabins, sod houses
- AmericanaAmerican flag, Fourth of July, bald eagle, Thanksgiving, apple pie
- Horse-drawn transportcarriages, wagons, coaches, buggies, carts
- Cattle TownsDodge City, Abilene, Wichita, Caldwell, Newton
- stable equipmenthay rack, water trough, stall door, feed storage, manger
- stable featureshorse stalls, stalls, tack rooms, haylofts, stable doors
hitching postsopen range
Unfenced public grazing land
free range · corral · paddock · stable · pasture
hitching postsparking meters
Timed curb payment devices
parking garages · charging stations · gas stations · parking lots · bike racks
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