English

hitchrack

From hitch + rack.

A compound of hitch + rack

Middle English hicchen ‘to move’

English hitch

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’

Middle Dutch rac

Middle English rakke

English rack

Today it means

noun A post or railing to which horses are tied

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hitchrack