falcade

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English

Etymology

From French falcade, ultimately from Latin falx, falcis (a sickle or scythe).

Pronunciation

Noun

falcade (plural falcades)

  1. A horse's movement of throwing itself on its haunches two or three times, bending in very quick curvets.
    • 1717, Jacques de Solleysel, The Compleat Horseman:
      let him make two or three Falcades or Times , to firm his Haunches the better, and to turn with the better Grace.

References

French

Noun

falcade f (plural falcades)

  1. falcade