GYROSCOPIC • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Gyroscopic

... ragged Albanians, than one of the horses broke loose and began to dance—first the tango, then the waltz. The pack, which was but insecurely attached, stood the tango, but with the waltz a bag of potatoes swung loose at the end of a rope, its gyroscopic action swinging the horse quicker and quicker until it was spinning on one toe. Then the girths broke, saddle and all came to the ground. The brute looked round as if saying "That's that," and cantered off, followed slowly by the professor on horseback. We called. He appeared to take no ...

— The Luck of Thirteen - Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia • Jan Gordon