cockhorse

[kok-hawrs]

noun

1. a child's rocking horse or hobbyhorse.

cockhorse

/ ˌkɒkˈhɔːs /

noun

1. another name for rocking horse hobbyhorse

Word History and Origins

Origin of cockhorse¹

1530–40; originally father's leg, astride which child rides, from cock ¹ in sense “projection” + horse

Example Sentences

Away then went those pretty babes, Rejoicing at that tide, Rejoicing with a merry mind, They should on cockhorse ride.

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Ride a cockhorse, to Banbury Cross, To see little Jenny upon a white horse.

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Mr. Flamsteed has come in, and says he left Sir Isaac riding cockhorse upon the nebula, and poring over it as if it were a book.

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Ride a cockhorse to Banbury-cross To see an old lady upon a white horse, Rings on her fingers, and bells on her toes, And so she makes music wherever she goes.

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