ballotade

[ bal-uh-teyd, -tahd ]

noun

, Dressage.

1. a movement similar to a croupade except that the horse draws in its hind legs so that the iron of the shoes is visible.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ballotade¹

1720–30; < French ballottade, balotade, equivalent to ballott ( er ) to move, stir (intransitive), to toss, shake (derivative of ballotte, Old French balote little ball < Italian; ballot ) + -ade -ade ¹