English Explanatory Dictionary

capriole

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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. A leap or caper, as in dancing.
verb
  1. To leap; to caper.
  2. To cause (one's mounted horse) to perform a capriole.

Word forms

capriole caprioles caprioling caprioled

Etymology

Borrowed from French capriole, from Italian capriola.

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