manège

or ma·nege

[ma-nezh, -neyzh]

noun

the art of training and riding horses.
the action, movements, or paces of a trained horse.
a school for training horses and teaching horsemanship.

Origin of manège

1635–45; < French < Italian maneggio; see manage

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Examples from the Web for manege

Historical Examples of manege

As he was leaving the Manege one of these bullies grossly insulted him.
Scaramouche
Rafael Sabatini
The broad doors flew open, and the manege was soon filled with knights and ladies on foot and horseback.
A Word Only A Word, Complete
Georg Ebers
We are like horses in a manege, or oxen or dogs taught to draw the plough, or be harnessed to a carriage.
Thoughts on Man
William Godwin
He possessed great personal strength, was expert in all manly exercises, and shone especially at the jousts and the manege.
Windsor Castle
William Harrison Ainsworth

British Dictionary definitions for manege

manège

manege

noun

the art of training horses and ridersCompare dressage
a riding school

Word Origin for manège

C17: via French from Italian maneggio, from maneggiare to manage

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Word Origin and History for manege

1640s, "riding school;" 1776, "horsemanship, movements proper to a trained horse," from French manège, from Italian maneggio, from maneggiare "to control (a horse)," (see manage (v.)).