croupade

[ kroo-peyd, kroo-peyd ]

noun

, Dressage.

1. a movement in which a horse jumps up from a pesade with all four legs drawn up under it and lands on four legs in the same place.

Word History and Origins

Origin of croupade¹

1840–50; < French (translation of Italian groppata ), equivalent to croupe croup ² + -ade -ade ¹