Artificial aid

manège. (def 6b).
historical examples

having “influence” to help them, they usually rely on this artificial aid—seldom upon themselves.
the young man and the world albert j. beveridge

an artificial aid to conversation and the repet-tion of threadbare stories, generally off-color.
the roycroft dictionary elbert hubbard

then i can fill my cup without any artificial aid, or any painful effort.
our friend john burroughs clara barrus

some artificial aid is thus needed to prevent him from thinking of any arrangement but the right one.
“stops” paul allardyce

in this case artificial respiration does not recall life, and respiration ceases when artificial aid is removed.
chambers’s journal of popular literature, science, and art, no. 696 various

she is quite twenty-six (in spite of artificial aid), a fact that lilian perceives with secret gratification.
airy fairy lilian margaret wolfe hamilton (aka d-ch-ss)

certainly there is a limit in nature which can only be overcome by artificial aid.
the open air richard jefferies

nothing can be more fanciful than that the highest of all mental gifts must have artificial aid.
the gorgeous isle gertrude atherton

but sunflowers can be grown without any kind of artificial aid.
the culture of vegetables and flowers from seeds and roots, 16th edition sutton and sons

these recognitions alone dispense with the artificial aid of tokens or amulets.
poetics aristotle

noun
(mountaineering) another name for aid (sense 5)