Stalking-horse (Noun)
Meaning 1
Something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 2
A horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
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Meaning 3
A candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 4
Screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The hunters crept silently behind the stalking-horse, their eyes fixed on the unsuspecting deer.
- A large cardboard stalking-horse with a bright red target was used as a makeshift hunting decoy.
- As the pheasant waddled closer, the hunter carefully adjusted the position of his stalking-horse.
- A painted canvas stalking-horse proved to be the perfect camouflage for the novice hunter.
- From behind the tattered old stalking-horse, the hunters spotted a prize buck making its way across the clearing.