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Ballotade [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. BAL'LOTADE

2. BALLOTA'TION, noun A voting by ballot. [Little used.]

Ballotade [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out.