levade

[ luh-vahd ]

noun

, Dressage.

1. a movement in which the horse first lowers its body on increasingly bent hocks, then sits on its hind hooves while keeping its forelegs raised and drawn in.

Word History and Origins

Origin of levade¹

1940–45; < German < French, equivalent to lev ( er ) to raise + -ade -ade ¹

Example Sentences

Mr. Ochs was the only one of Mr. Levade's friends who was at Basle—the others were both in France.

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Tell Levade I have only just learned where to find his son-in-law.

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