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Caracole

//ˈkæɹəkəʊl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A half-turn performed by a horse and rider in dressage.
  2. 2
    A combat maneuver where riders of the same squadron turn simultaneously to their left or to their right. historical

    "How the chargers neigh and champ, / (Their riders weary of camp,) / With curvet and with caracole!"

  3. 3
    A spiral staircase.
Verb
  1. 1
    To execute a caracole.

    "Prince John, upon a grey and high-mettled palfrey, caracoled within the lists at the head of his jovial party, laughing loud with his train, and eyeing with all the boldness of royal criticism the beauties who adorned the lofty galleries."

  2. 2
    make a half turn on a horse, in dressage wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French caracole (noun, literally “snail's shell”), caracoler (verb).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French caracole (noun, literally “snail's shell”), caracoler (verb).

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