COCKHORSE

cockhorse

(noun) anything used as a toy horse (such as a rocking horse or one knee of an adult)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

cockhorse (comparative more cockhorse, superlative most cockhorse)

Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.

Lofty in feeling; exultant; proud; upstart.

Noun

cockhorse (plural cockhorses)

(archaic) A child's rocking horse.

(obsolete) A high or tall horse.

Anagrams

• horse cock, horsecock

Source: Wiktionary


Cock"horse`, n.

1. A child's rocking-horse. Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross. Mother Goose.

2. A high or tall horse. [R.]

Cock"horse`, a.

1. Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.

2. Lofty in feeling; exultant; pround; upstart. Our painted fools and cockhorse peasantry. Marlowe.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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