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 most plausible story behind the twelve cryptic letters that line the manège and indicate where movements stop and start is that they mark where German princes liked their underlings to stand.
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
Then Dujardin turned Valegro back into the middle of the manège.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2016
In Continental high school riding, a spur is a necessity, as, without its aid, the écuyères would not be able to perform many of their airs de manège.
From The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. by Hayes, M. Horace (Matthew Horace)
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