rocking horse

a toy horse, as of wood, mounted on rockers or springs, on which children may ride; hobbyhorse.

Origin of rocking horse

First recorded in 1795–1805

D.H. Lawrence wrestled with the discontent of well-off people in his dark fable, “The Rocking-Horse Winner.”

What Tolstoy Teaches Us About Insider Trading |Liesl Schillinger |June 2, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Of course I thanked Baby for her love and gave my decision that it was a pity about the rocking-horse.

Happy Days |Alan Alexander Milne
When Dale clamoured for a rocking-horse, she found that the articles of association did not provide for imaginative equitation.

Simon the Jester |William J. Locke
He alludes, of course, to the rocking-horse movement of the rhyming couplet as used during the Popian period.

The Voice and Spiritual Education |Hiram Corson

A rocking-horse stood in one corner; the nursery door was open.

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 355, October 16, 1886 |Various
The doll's house might disappear any day, as the rocking-horse had disappeared, for instance, a year before.

The Squire's Daughter |Archibald Marshall

rocking horse

a toy horse mounted on a pair of rockers on which a child can rock to and fro in a seesaw movement