noun fig.: something used to cover up a secret project; a mask; a pretense.
2. stalking-horse ·noun a horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to kill.
noun fig.: something used to cover up a secret project; a mask; a pretense.
2. stalking-horse ·noun a horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to kill.
Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012