One for fastening a horse.
1852. He stopped his team, Masters leaped out, pulled a hitching-strap from under the seat, and fastened his off-horse very neatly to a lamp-post.—C. A. Bristed, ‘The Upper Ten Thousand,’ p. 67 (N.Y.).
1884. In a very few minutes, every available hitching-post in sight was taken.—Saxe Holm, ‘Farmer Worrall’s Case,’ Harper’s Mag., ix. p. 96/2 (Dec.). (N.E.D.)
