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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

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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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