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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.
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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
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