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Capriole

noun
1.
(dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump.
2.
A playful leap or hop.  Synonym: caper.
verb
1.
Perform a capriole, of horses in dressage.
2.
Perform a capriole, in ballet.





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"Capriole" Quotes from Famous Books



... smiles. Sneyd is delighted with the four volumes of Evenings at Home, which we have just got, and has pitched upon the best stories, which he does not, like M. Dalambert, spoil in the reading—"Perseverance against Fortune," "The Price of a Victory," and "Capriole." We were reading an account of the pinna the other day, and very much regretted that your pinna's brown silk tuft had been eaten by the mice—what will they not eat?—they have eaten my thimble case! I am sorry to say that, from these last accounts of the pinna ...
— The Life And Letters Of Maria Edgeworth, Vol. 1 • Maria Edgeworth


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