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