- ballotade
- \\|balə|tād, -äd\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French ballottade, from ballotter to toss (from ballotte small ball, from Italian dialect ballotta) + -ade — more at ballot: a forward leap performed by a horse trained in manège in which fore and hind legs are gathered under the body and the hind hoofs are turned outward so that the shoes are visible
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/bal'euh tayd", -tahd"/, n. Dressage.a movement similar to a croupade except that the horse draws in its hind legs so that the iron of the shoes is visible.[1720-30; F ballottade, balotade, equiv. to ballott(er) to move, stir (intrans.), to toss, shake (deriv. of ballotte, OF balote little ball It; see BALLOT) + -ade -ADE1]* * *
ballotade(bæləˈteɪd, -ˈɑːd)[a. F. ballottade, f. ballotter: see prec. and -ade.]A kind of leap in which a managed horse bends his four legs without jerking out the hind ones.1727–51 in Chambers. Encycl. Brit. III. 355.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.