cock-horse noun & adverb.
['kɒkhɔ:s, kɒk'hɔ:s] M16.[from COCK noun1 or verb1 + HORSE noun.]A. noun.
1. A child's hobby-horse; anything a child rides astride, as a person's knee. Now chiefly in
A-COCK-HORSE.
M16.2. An exalted position, a place of triumph. Chiefly in
A-COCK-HORSE.
L16-E19.3. A high-spirited horse, a stallion.
L16.4. Chiefly
Hist. An additional horse for helping a coach uphill.
L19.b. adverb. =
A-COCK-HORSE 1.
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