levade
[ luh-vahd ]
nounDressage.
a movement in which the horse first lowers its body on increasingly bent hocks, then sits on its hind hooves while keeping its forelegs raised and drawn in.
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How to use levade in a sentence
Mr. Ochs was the only one of Mr. levade's friends who was at Basle—the others were both in France.
Private letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 2 (of 2) | Edward GibbonTell levade I have only just learned where to find his son-in-law.
Private letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 2 (of 2) | Edward Gibbon
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