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Definition of Croupade
1. n. A leap in which the horse pulls up his hind legs toward his belly.
Definition of Croupade
1. Noun. A leap in which the horse pulls its hind legs up towards the belly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Croupade
1. a type of horse leap [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Croupade
Literary usage of Croupade
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1896)
"... as to look for tragedy from a low comedian : ' some may be more adapted for
the courbette, whilst others will sooner learn the leaping airs croupade, ..."
2. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"... he jej-ks out with his hinder legs even and near. It is the moft difficult of
all the high manege. It differs from a croupade, in this, that, ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and (1823)
"It is the most difficult of all the high manege. It differs from a croupade, in
this, that in a croupade, a horse does not show his shoes ; and from a ..."
4. Equitation by Henry L. de Bussigny (1922)
"Take care not to provoke rearing or the croupade by too much precipitancy in your
demands. Rearing will probably be caused by fingering in wrong tempo; ..."
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