capriole

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English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French capriole

Noun

capriole (plural caprioles)

  1. 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.
    • Sir J. Davies
      With lofty turns and caprioles.

Verb

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  1. (intransitive) To leap; to caper.
  2. (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.

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French

Noun

capriole f (plural caprioles)

  1. (dressage) Dated form of cabriole.

Italian

Noun

capriole f

  1. plural of capriola

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