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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The camera catches Dujardin as she leaves the manège, fuming at an error that Valegro has made.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2016
Roudier was judging at the letter “M,” on the long side of the manège.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2016
Next week, in Rio de Janeiro, seven judges around an arena, known as a manège, will evaluate the piaffes of the four-day dressage competition.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2016
When Dujardin came out of the manège, Hester said the mistake had probably cost her the gold.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2016
As I had obtained some skill in the manège during my younger days, it was a matter of consideration to have a saddle-horse.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder
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