pesade

[puh-seyd, -zeyd, -zahd]

noun Dressage.

a maneuver in which the horse is made to rear, keeping its hind legs stationary and its forelegs drawn in.

Origin of pesade

1720–30; < French, earlier posade < Italian posata a halt (see pose¹, -ade¹); pes- by association with peser to weigh. See poise¹

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British Dictionary definitions for pesade

pesade

noun

dressage a position in which the horse stands on the hind legs with the forelegs in the air

Word Origin for pesade

C18: from French, from posade, from Italian posata a halt, from posare to stop, from Latin pausa end

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