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Hitch′ing-post.

Menage.) A post with convenient means for the attachment of the strap of a horse's halter or bridle. In the example, it has a weight to take up the slack, but allows a certain freedom of motion, as the weighted tiechain travels in the hollow post. The weight forms a stop to arrest the extraction of the chain from the post.

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