manège
Americannoun
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the art of training and riding horses.
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the action, movements, or paces of a trained horse.
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a school for training horses and teaching horsemanship.
noun
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the art of training horses and riders Compare dressage
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a riding school
Etymology
Origin of manège
1635–45; < French < Italian maneggio; see manage
Example Sentences
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Police arrested 420 people in Manege Square, under the walls of the Kremlin, hours after picking up some 200 people outside the court where the Bolotnaya defendants were being tried.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2014
It appears that many of those detained near the court were released shortly afterwards, and at least some of them went to Manege Square for the bigger rally.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2014
The will run for the whole year but the official launch will be in April, as British film director Peter Greenaway curates The Golden Age of the Russian Avant-garde at Moscow Museum Manege.
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2013
When pressed, she says she loves Peter Lindbergh’s captivating black and white photograph of Jeanne Moreau, which is included in the Photobiennale exhibition at the Manege.
From New York Times • May 28, 2010
The cry of women, round the Salle de Manege, was heard plaintive: "Du pain et du savon, Bread and Soap."
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
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