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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 2024


cockhorse

cockhorse

See also: cock-horse

English

Adjective

cockhorse (comparative more cockhorse, superlative most cockhorse)

  1. Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.
  2. Lofty in feeling; exultant; proud; upstart.
    • Marlowe
      Our painted fools and cockhorse peasantry.

Noun

cockhorse (plural cockhorses)

  1. (archaic) A child's rocking horse.
    • Mother Goose
      Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross.
  2. (obsolete) A high or tall horse.