A horse is said to make a falcade when he throws himself on his haunches two or three times, as in very quick curvets; that is a falcade is a bending very low.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
The action of a horse, when he throws himself on his haunches two or three times, bending himself, as it were, in very quick curvets.
Leap Roget’s Thesaurus §309
N. leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, # saltation, ance, caper, curvet, caracole, gambade|, gambado|, capriole, demivolt, buck, buck jump, hop skip and jump, falcade, kangaroo, jerboa, chamois, goat, frog, grasshopper, flea, buckjumper, wallaby
V. leap, jump up, jump over the moon, hop, spring, bound, vault, ramp, cut capers, trip, skip, dance, caper, buck, buck jump, curvet, caracole, foot it, bob, bounce, flounce, start, frisk, jump about, trip it on the light fantastic toe, trip the light fantastic, dance oneself off one's legs, dance off one's shoes
Adv. on the light fantastic toe
Phr. di salto in salto
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