croupade

[kroo-peyd, kroo-peyd] /kruˈpeɪd, ˈkru peɪd/

noun, Dressage.

a movement in which a horse jumps up from a pesade with all four legs drawn up under it and lands on four legs in the same place.

Origin of croupade

French

Italian

1840-1850

1840-50; < French (translation of Italian groppata), equivalent to croupe croup² + -ade -ade¹

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