falcade

noun

falcade

noun

/fælˈkeɪd/

Etymology From French falcade, ultimately from Latin falx, falcis (“a sickle or scythe”). By surface analysis, Latin falc- + -ade.

1

A horse's movement of throwing itself on its haunches two or three times, bending in very quick curvets.

  • let him make two or three Falcades or Times , to firm his Haunches the better, and to turn with the better Grace.1717, Jacques de Solleysel, The Compleat Horseman:

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