pesade

[ puh-seyd, -zeyd, -zahd ]
nounDressage.

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

Origin of pesade

1
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

/ (pɛˈsɑːd) /

noun

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

Origin of pesade

1
C18: from French, from posade, from Italian posata a halt, from posare to stop, from Latin pausa end

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