haute école

American  

[oht ey-kohl, -kawl, oh tey-kawl] / ˌoʊt eɪˈkoʊl, -ˈkɔl, oʊ teɪˈkɔl /

noun

hautes écoles plural

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

2. dressage.

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haute école British  

/ ot ekɔl /

noun

1. the classical art of riding

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• hautes écoles
  plural

Etymology

Origin of haute école

< French: literally, high school

Example Sentences

Of course, the more sensible animal of the two is knocked up; whilst the rider assumes the airs of one versed in the haute école.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

My hair comes down and my hat flies off, and I feel I am not doing the haute école in proper style.

From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)

A section of the fire department passes, that imposing but amusing procession of hand-engine, three water-barrels, pennons, and fine horses trained in the haute école, which does splendid work with apparently inadequate means.

From Russian Rambles by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

Her manners would seem to have been de haute école, and her culture was on a large and noble scale.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 by Various

Do they not bore us with the haute école, and weary us with Shakespearean clowns?—Still, at least, they give us acrobats, and the acrobat is an artist. 

From Miscellanies by Ross, Robert