CARACOLED

Verb

caracoled

simple past tense and past participle of caracole

Source: Wiktionary

CARACOLE

Car"a*cole, n. Etym: [F. caracole, caracol, fr. Sp. caracol snail, winding staircase, a wheeling about.]

1. (Man.)

Definition: A half turn which a horseman makes, either to the right or the left.

2. (Arch.)

Definition: A staircase in a spiral form. En caracole ( Etym: [F.], spiral;

– said of a staircase.

Car"a*cole, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caracoled.] Etym: [Cf. F. caracoler.] (Man.)

Definition: To move in a caracole, or in caracoles; to wheel. Prince John caracoled within the lists. Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition