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Definition of Falcades
1. falcade [n] - See also: falcade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Falcades
Literary usage of Falcades
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sportsman's Dictionary; Or, The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and ...Hunting (1785)
"... he will make no falcades, ... upon the haunches, in making him ply them well ;
fo that after forming his falcades, ..."
2. The Sportsman's Dictionary: Or The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and ...Sports (1800)
"This horle flops well ; for he makes two or three falcades, ... upon the haunches,
in making him ply them well; fo that after forming his falcades, ..."
3. The Farrier's and Horseman's Complete Dictionary: Containing the Art of by Thomas Wallis (1759)
"The falcades are fo much the prettier that.in making them,his haunches are low.
... fo that after lorm- ing his falcades he may relume his. gallop without ..."
4. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: To by John Walker (1806)
"IB sud to make falcades, when he throws himself upon his haunches two or three
times, as in very quick curvets. ..."
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