cockhorse

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adjective

Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.

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Meanings

adjectivecockhorse (comparative more cockhorse, superlative most cockhorse)

comparative more cockhorse · superlative most cockhorse

  1. Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.
  2. figurativelyLofty in feeling; exultant, proud, upstart.

    [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; […]

    1598, George Chapman, “Sixth Sestyad”, in Christopher Marlo[w]e, George Chapman, Hero and Leander: […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Richard Hawkins: […], published 1629, →OCLC
nouncockhorse (plural cockhorses)

plural cockhorses

  1. archaicA child's rocking horse.

    Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross.

    a. 1744, unknown author, Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross (traditional nursery rhymes)
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APA

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MLA

“cockhorse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cockhorse. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cockhorse,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cockhorse.

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