Cockhorse
adj, noun
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A child's rocking horse. archaic
"Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross."
- 2 anything used as a toy horse (such as a rocking horse or one knee of an adult) wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.
- 2 Lofty in feeling; exultant, proud, upstart. figuratively
"[Y]et I needs muſt ſee / Our painted fooles and cockehorſe peſſantry, / Still ſtill vſurpe, with long liues, loues and luſt, / The feats of vertue; […]"
Example
More examples"[Y]et I needs muſt ſee / Our painted fooles and cockehorſe peſſantry, / Still ſtill vſurpe, with long liues, loues and luſt, / The feats of vertue; […]"
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