calade
English
Etymology
Noun
calade (plural calades)
- A slope or declivity in a manège ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to its haunches.
- 1735, The Sportsman's Dictionary
- Work your horse in a calade, after the Italian way; ride him straight, and then you make good use of the calade.
- 1735, The Sportsman's Dictionary
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Noun
calade f (plural calades)
- a harmonious, decorative and useful arrangement of medium-sized pebbles, fixed to the ground
Further reading
- “calade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.