
1) Dressage terminology
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• (v. i.) A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out.
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(from the article `horsemanship`) ...is more upward than forward; the levade, in which the horse stands balanced on its hindlegs, its forelegs drawn in; the courvet, which is a jump ...
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Bal'lo·tade` (băl'lo*täd`
or - tād`)
noun [ French
ballottade , from
ballotter to toss. See
Ballot ,
intransitive verb ]
(Man.) A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in...
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