manège
Americannoun
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the art of training and riding horses.
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the action, movements, or paces of a trained horse.
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a school for training horses and teaching horsemanship.
noun
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the art of training horses and riders Compare dressage
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a riding school
Etymology
Origin of manège
1635–45; < French < Italian maneggio; see manage
Example Sentences
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Roudier was judging at the letter “M,” on the long side of the manège.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2016
The camera catches Dujardin as she leaves the manège, fuming at an error that Valegro has made.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2016
Next week, in Rio de Janeiro, seven judges around an arena, known as a manège, will evaluate the piaffes of the four-day dressage competition.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2016
Valegro and Dujardin had the manège to themselves.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2016
Surely such a rider, trained in the niceties of the manège, as well as experienced in riding to hounds, may fitly be placed at the head of the equestrian roll of honor.
From Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle by Theodore Ayrault Dodge
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