CAPRIOLE

caper, capriole

(noun) a playful leap or hop

capriole

(noun) (dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump

capriole

(verb) perform a capriole, in ballet

capriole

(verb) perform a capriole, of horses in dressage

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

capriole (plural caprioles)

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.

A leap or caper, as in dancing.

Verb

capriole (third-person singular simple present caprioles, present participle caprioling, simple past and past participle caprioled)

(intransitive) To leap; to caper.

(transitive) To cause (one's mounted horse) to perform a capriole.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary

Cap"ri*ole, n. Etym: [F. capriole, cabriole, It. capriola, fr. L. caper goat. Cf. Caper, v. i. Cabriole, Caprice, Cheveril.]

1. (Man.)

Definition: 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. A leap or caper, as in dancing. "With lofty turns and caprioles." Sir J. Davies.

Cap"ri*ole, v. i.

Definition: To perform a capriole. Carlyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition