cockhorse

Adjective

 * 1) Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.
 * 2)  Lofty in feeling; exultant, proud, upstart.

Noun

 * 1)  A child's rocking horse.
 * 2) * a. 1744, unknown author,  (traditional nursery rhymes)
 * Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross.
 * 1)  A high or tall horse.