a movement similar to a croupade except that the horse draws in its hind legs so that the iron of the shoes is visible.
Origin of ballotade
1720–30; < Frenchballottade, balotade, equivalent to ballott(er) to move, stir (intransitive), to toss, shake (derivative of ballotte,Old Frenchbalote little ball < Italian; see ballot) + -ade-ade1
