cockhorse
Cock"horse`, n. 1. A child's rocking-horse. Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross. Mother Goose. 2. A high or tall horse. [R.] Cock"horse`, a. 1. Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse. 2. Lofty in feeling; exultant; pround; upstart. Our painted fools and cockhorse peasantry. Marlowe.