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Webster 1913 Edition
Cockhorse
Cock′horseˊ
,Noun.
1.
A child’s rocking-horse.
Ride a
cockhorse
to Banbury cross. Mother Goose.
2.
A high or tall horse.
[R.]
Cock′horseˊ
,Adj.
1.
Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.
2.
Lofty in feeling; exultant; proud; upstart.
Our painted fools and
cockhorse
peasantry. Marlowe.
Definition 2025
cockhorse
cockhorse
See also: cock-horse
English
Adjective
cockhorse (comparative more cockhorse, superlative most cockhorse)
- Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.
- Lofty in feeling; exultant; proud; upstart.
- Marlowe
- Our painted fools and cockhorse peasantry.
- Marlowe
Noun
cockhorse (plural cockhorses)
- (archaic) A child's rocking horse.
- Mother Goose
- Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross.
- Mother Goose
- (obsolete) A high or tall horse.