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Capriole

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap.
  2. 2
    a playful leap or hop wordnet
  3. 3
    A leap or caper, as in dancing.

    "With lofty turns and caprioles."

  4. 4
    (dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To leap; to caper. intransitive
  2. 2
    perform a capriole, in ballet wordnet
  3. 3
    To cause (one's mounted horse) to perform a capriole. transitive

    "Brawny fighters, all cased in buff and iron, their hearts too sheathed in oak and triple brass, caprioled their huge war-horses, shook their death-doing spears; and went forth in the most determined manner, nothing doubting."

  4. 4
    perform a capriole, of horses in dressage wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French capriole, from Italian capriola.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French capriole, from Italian capriola.

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