Meaning of spring horse | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A type of rocking horse that stands on a flat surface and moves by means of springs which attach the horse figure to its framework.
2. A piece of playground equipment consisting of a sturdy spring on which is mounted a figure, usually of a horse, on which a child sits and rocks.
3. A trestle on which is mounted a metal plate that is held down at both ends and attached by a screw in the center that adjusts the tension of the plate, used for making or repairing springs.
4. A racehorse that performs best on soft ground such as occurs in the spring.

Examples

“A child's toy called a "spring horse," being 44 in. in length, and 78 lbs. in weight, carried home by a first-class traveller on the company's line, as a present for his child, is not "personal luggage" of the traveller which he is entitled to have carried free of charge under the above regulation.”

“The original spring horse in a de luxe model with copper base that offers the body-building benefits of rocking action.”

“When she was two, she got a spring horse for Christmas which she called her quarter horse.”

“She saw other parts of a playground: a merry-go-round with rusted bars and one side resting on the ground, a spring horse bent over completely with the head busted in, and a splintered seesaw warped in the middle so that both ends sagged.”

“I want to ride fast. I want to ride slow. I will ride a spring horse.”

“The photos on this page show different pieces of playground equipment, including monkey bars, rings, a spring horse, and a tyre swing.”

“To obtain satisfactory results, particularly with automobile springs, a spring horse, such as illustrated at Fig. 1, will be of value.”

“Ed LeClaire finished a settee for the "Shack,", Joe Grayson made a spring horse for Mr. Dodd, Mose Tepiew put a railing around the motor at the disposal plant.”

“I am beginning to fancy that Sceptre is not a spring horse .”

“Against the choice is a slight doubt about the going which will probably be on the soft side and some old bollocks about him being a spring horse. This is plainly nonsense. He's only 7 and hasn't been racing that long. Out of his eight wins up to this point, four were in November and December.”

“He liked good ground – didn't enjoy heavy ground at all – he was very much a spring horse.”

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