capriole
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French capriole
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.
- Sir J. Davies
- With lofty turns and caprioles.
- Sir J. Davies
Verb
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- (intransitive) To leap; to caper.
- (transitive) To cause (one's mounted horse) to perform a capriole.
- Thomas Carlyle
- Brawny fighters, all cased in buff and iron, their hearts too sheathed in oak and triple brass, caprioled their huge war-horses, shook their death-doing spears; and went forth in the most determined manner, nothing doubting.
- Thomas Carlyle
Anagrams
French
Noun
capriole f (plural caprioles)
Italian
Noun
capriole f