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Definition of Capriole

1. Noun. (dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump.

2. Verb. Perform a capriole, of horses in dressage.

3. Noun. A playful leap or hop.

4. Verb. Perform a capriole, in ballet.

Definition of Capriole

1. n. A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap.

2. v. i. To perform a capriole.

Definition of Capriole

1. to leap [v -OLED, -OLING, -OLES] - See also: leap

Lexicographical Neighbors of Capriole

caprifoles caprifoliaceous capriform caprify caprigenous capriloquism caprimulgid caprimulgiform bird caprin caprine

caprine animal caprine arthritis-encephalomyelitis caprine arthritis-encephalomyelitis virus caprine herpesvirus caprine herpetovirus capriole (current term) caprioled caprioles caprioling capriped

capripoxvirus capris caprizant caproate caproates caprock caprocks caproic caproic acid caprolactam

Literary usage of Capriole

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern Horsemanship: Three Schools of Riding : an Original Method of by Edward Lowell Anderson (1889)
"... capriole. THE Passage and the Piaff are very graceful brilliant trots, and they may or may not be of value in perfecting the training of the ..."

2. Evenings at Home; Or, The Juvenile Budget Opened: Consisting of a Variety of by John Aikin, Barbauld (Anna Letitia) (1819)
"Oh my poor capriole ! my dear capriole fI shall never see you again !—and Sylvia began to weep. She still went on, looking wistfully all around, ..."

3. Third Book of Lessons for the Use of Schools by Ireland National Education Board (1863)
"capriole! expecting to see him come running to her as usual. No capriole came. She went on and on, still calling her kid with the most endearing accents, ..."

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