vaulting horse

noun

, Gymnastics.

1. a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.

vaulting horse

noun

1. gymnastics a padded apparatus on legs, used for vaulting exercises Also calledbuck

Word History and Origins

Origin of vaulting horse¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

In the Wooden Horse escape, in which a tunnel was dug underneath a vaulting horse, he was one of the organising committee.

From BBC

In the wooden horse attempt, he and others continuously jumped over a vaulting horse which covered the trap door to an escape tunnel.

From BBC

On television, Frankel used “The Real Housewives” as a vaulting horse toward a couple of Bravo spinoffs; a single season of a syndicated talk show, “Bethenny”; and a bunch of appearances on “Shark Tank.”

From New York Times

“He wants to try whatever my other athletes are doing. If he sees someone do a difficult skill, he will copy them. Like on the vaulting horse, he saw someone do a straddle-over, which is pretty tough, and he came in and did it. It shocked me. He’s a little bit of a daredevil.”

From Washington Times

Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina lost the all-around because – get this — officials set the vaulting horse five centimeters too low.

From Salon