croupade

American

[kroo-payd, kroo-payd] / kruˈpeɪd, ˈkru peɪd /

noun

Dressage.

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.

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

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