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passade

American  
[puh-seyd] / pəˈseɪd /

noun

Manège.
  1. a turn or course of a horse backward or forward on the same ground.


passade British  
/ pæˈseɪd /

noun

  1. dressage the act of moving back and forth in the same place

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of passade

1650–60; < French < Italian passata. See pass, -ade 1

Example Sentences

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Attempting to execute a difficult passade, Matador Dominguez became entangled in his cape, slipped, fell prone before the charging animal.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was not a dress that he did not copy from some old print, or a passade that he did not indicate to the humblest member of the troop. 

From The Ways of Men by Gregory, Eliot

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