Meaning of CARACOLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'karu`kowl
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| | Definition: | | [v] make a half turn on a horse, in dressage |
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\Car"a*cole\, n. [F. caracole, caracol, fr. Sp. caracol
snail, winding staircase, a wheeling about.]
1. (Man.) A half turn which a horseman makes, either to the
right or the left.
2. (Arch.) A staircase in a spiral form.
{En caracole}[F.], spiral; -- said of a staircase.
\Car"a*cole\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caracoled}.] [Cf. F.
caracoler.] (Man.)
To move in a caracole, or in caracoles; to wheel.
Prince John caracoled within the lists. --Sir W.
Scott.
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| | Related Terms: | | amble, antic, beam, bob, bounce, canter, caper, capriole, carol, carry on, cavort, chirp, chirrup, clap hands, curvet, cut a dido, cut capers, cut up, dance, delight, dido, disport, exult, falcade, flounce, fool around, frisk, frolic, gallop, gambade, gambado, gambol, glory, glow, go on horseback, hack, horse around, joy, jubilate, jump about, laugh, lilt, lope, mount, pace, piaffe, play, prance, radiate cheer, ramp, rejoice, revel, ride bareback, ride hard, rollick, romp, sing, skip, skip for joy, smile, sparkle, sport, take horse, tittup, trip, trot, whistle |
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