- a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
- anything put forward to mask plans or efforts; pretext.
- a political candidate used to conceal the candidacy of a more important figure or to draw votes from and cause the defeat of a rival.
- a horse or an imitation one used by a hunter to hide behind while stalking his quarry
- something serving as a means of concealing plans; pretext
- a candidate put forward by one group to divide the opposition or mask the candidacy of another person for whom the stalking-horse would then withdraw
