haute école

[ oht ey-kohl, -kawl; French oh tey-kawl ]

/ ˌoʊt eɪˈkoʊl, -ˈkɔl; French oʊ teɪˈkɔl /

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noun, plural hautes é·coles

[ohts ey-kohl, -kawl; French oht zey-kawl]. /ˌoʊts eɪˈkoʊl, -kɔl; French oʊt zeɪˈkɔl/.

a series of intricate steps, gaits, etc., taught to an exhibition horse.

dressage (def. 2).

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Origin of haute école

<French: literally, high school

Words nearby haute école

hautbois, hautboy, haute, haute couture, haute cuisine, haute école, Haute-Garonne, Haute-Loire, Haute-Marne, Haute-Normandie, haute-piece

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How to use haute école in a sentence

But while that level of ‘haute couture’ is building the market, we want to be seen as more prêt-à-porter.
William, Kate, and Jay Z’s Favorite Art Star: Alexander Gilkes' World of Rock Stars and Royalty|Tim Teeman|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Haute Butch is one of a number of new design houses targeting the trans, butch, and androgynous dressers.
Look Who’s Wearing The Pants: Haute Butch’s Gender-Blending Style|Nina Strochlic|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
[Haute Butch] is stepping into that area with such confidence and they are so non-apologetic.
Look Who’s Wearing The Pants: Haute Butch’s Gender-Blending Style|Nina Strochlic|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mass shootings are also not unprecedented, having happened at Ecole Polytechnique in 1989 and at Dawson College in 2006.
Terrorist Ends Canada’s Innocence|Tim Mak|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Jacqueline Kennedy helped change all that in the 1960s, with her unflappable chic and wardrobe full of haute couture.
How Oscar de la Renta Created First Lady Fashion|Raquel Laneri|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Liszt, who calls him "an enthusiastic student of Bach," speaks likewise of "les errements d'une ecole entierement classique."
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
At the entrance examination of the Ecole this year sixteen American students of architecture were received.
The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 06, June 1895|Various
We glued our noses to the window-glass of the art print shops around the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
Paris Vistas|Helen Davenport Gibbons
Extraordinary bays and alcoves, never before dreamed of by the Ecole des Beaux Arts gave light and shadow to long walls.
Over the Front in an Aeroplane and Scenes Inside the French and Flemish Trenches|Ralph Pulitzer
From the English point of view, there are two kinds of pieces included in the domain of our Haute Comédie.
The English Stage|Augustin Filon

British Dictionary definitions for haute école

haute école

/ French (ot ekɔl) /

noun

the classical art of riding

Word Origin for haute école

literally: high school

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