wooden+horse
41rocking horse — noun a child s plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride • Syn: ↑hobby, ↑hobbyhorse • Hypernyms: ↑plaything, ↑toy • Part Meronyms: ↑rocker * * * noun …
42Trojan horse — Tro jan horse , n. [from the incident described in Homer s Iliad.] 1. (Classical mythology) a large hollow wooden horse built by Greek soldiers besieging Troy during the Trojan War, and left as a gift when they pretended to abandon their seige.… …
43Trojan horse — noun a) (Greek legend) a hollow wooden horse by which the Greeks gained access to Ilium or Troy. Worse than what could be observed about the program was the fear that it might be a Trojan horse program apparently innocent, but carrying a string… …
44hobby horse — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms hobby horse : singular hobby horse plural hobby horses 1) a toy with a wooden horse s head on a long stick that a child can pretend to ride 2) a subject that someone has strong opinions about and often talks… …
45Trojan horse — Tro′jan horse′ n. 1) myt a gigantic hollow wooden horse that the Greeks left at the gates of Troy as a feigned sacrifice: once the horse was within the walls, soldiers emerging from it allowed the Greek army to enter and conquer the city 2) a… …
46Flying Horse Court, Yard — North out of Fleet Street to Serjeants Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677 Boyle, 1799). Marshalsea s Office kept there in 18th century (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 276). Site now covered by shops and business houses. The… …
47rocking horse — n a wooden horse for children that moves backwards and forwards when you sit on it …
48hobby horse — hobby ,horse noun count 1. ) a toy with a wooden horse s head on a long stick that a child can pretend to ride 2. ) a subject that someone has strong opinions about and often talks about, especially in a way that annoys other people …
49Trojan horse — n. 1. Gr. Legend in the Trojan War, a huge, hollow wooden horse with Greek soldiers hidden inside that is left at the gates of Troy: the Trojans bring it into the city, thinking it a gift, and the soldiers creep out and open the gates to the rest …
50Trojan horse — noun Etymology: from the large hollow wooden horse filled with Greek soldiers and introduced within the walls of Troy by a stratagem Date: 1837 1. someone or something intended to defeat or subvert from within usually by deceptive means 2. a… …
