1. Plural of cockhorse; a child's rocking horse or toy horse.
Usage: chiefly British; often used in the nursery rhyme 'Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross'
2. Plural of cockhorse; a horse or frame used in carpentry or masonry to support work.
Usage: technical; archaic

Examples

• The children rode their cockhorses in the nursery.
• The carpenter set up several cockhorses to hold the wooden beams.
• She remembered playing with cockhorses as a young girl.
• The old nursery rhyme mentions riding a cock horse to Banbury Cross.
• Cockhorses were common toys in Victorian households.