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

Gym to her was still a very formidable affair, and the giant's stride, rings, vaulting horse, and parallel bars filled her with terror.

From Project Gutenberg

But the ship's steadily increasing gyrations had hurled him away from the skipper and against a massive vaulting horse, barking the flesh from his shins and spilling him with violence onto the deck.

From Project Gutenberg

Host's speech:—  —And for a leap   O' the vaulting horse, to play the vaulting house.—

From Project Gutenberg