- cockhorse
- nounanything used as a toy horse (such as a rocking horse or one knee of an adult)
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I. \\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ noun1. : something (as an adult's knee, a broomstick, or a hobbyhorse) on which a child may sit astride and pretend to ride as if on a horseride a cockhorse
2. : an extra horse led behind a coach to be hitched before the regular team to assist in passing over steep or difficult terrainII. adverbride cockhorse on a broomstick
emaciated beasts that were lame and blindfolded and padded, but ridden cockhorse — J.H.Allen
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/kok"hawrs'/, n.a child's rocking horse or hobbyhorse.[1530-40; orig. father's leg, astride which child rides, from COCK1 in sense "projection" + HORSE]* * *
cockhorseˈ nounA child's imaginary or toy horseadjectivePrancing, proudadverb1. Properly a-cockhorseˈ (ie on cockhorse) on horseback2. Exultingly• • •Main Entry: ↑cock
Useful english dictionary. 2012.