cockhorse
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cock·horse
(kŏk′hôrs′)n.
1. Something used as a toy horse, such as the knee of an adult or a rocking horse.
2. A horse added to a team of horses to assist a wagon through high water or over difficult terrain.
[Origin unknown.]
cockhorse
(ˌkɒkˈhɔːs)n
another name for rocking horse, hobbyhorse
cock•horse
(ˈkɒkˌhɔrs)n.
a rocking horse.
[1530–40]
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Noun | 1. | cockhorse - anything used as a toy horse (such as a rocking horse or one knee of an adult) |