dressage
(noun) maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dressage (countable and uncountable, plural dressages)
(uncountable) The schooling of a horse.
(uncountable) An equestrian sport in which the horse and rider perform a test of specific movements in an arena, and are judged on the horse's obedience, acceptance of the bridle and of the rider's aids, gaits, impulsion, and the harmony between horse and rider.
(countable) An event or competition of the sport of dressage.
• (the training of a horse): flatwork, training, haute ecole (high school), classical dressage, (poetically) ballet on horseback
• de Grasse, degasser, regassed
Source: Wiktionary
13 November 2024
(adjective) appearing as such but not necessarily so; “for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent”; “the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies”; “the ostensible truth of their theories”; “his seeming honesty”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
