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Lipizzan, Lippizan, a.|ˈlɪpɪtsən|
[See -an.]
Of or pertaining to Lipizza or Lippiza, the home of the former Austrian Imperial Stud, esp. designating a strain of horse originally bred there. So Lipiˈzzana, Lippiˈzana, -ˈaner, a horse of this breed; also attrib.
[1911M. C. Grimsgaard Orig. Handbk. Riders Suppl. 320 (caption) ‘Muestoso-Moschina’, a Lipizza stallion, one of the eight famous stallions at the..Spanish Court Riding-School in Vienna.] 1928Observer 17 June 27/3 Twelve of the famous Lippizaner horses. Ibid., The Lippizana is a perfectly separate and peculiar breed of horse, in appearance much like an Arab, but..more massive. 1946P. Bottome Lifeline x. 100 Each horse was..a Lippizaner. 1954A. Podhajsky Spanish Riding School (ed. 2) 4/1 General Patton..fulfilled the request made to him that the Lipizzan stud..be brought back to Austria. 1967A. Arent Gravedigger's Funeral (1968) xii. 189 A Lippizaner, a white stallion from the Spanish Riding Academy in Vienna. 1971Islander (Victoria, B.C.) 30 May 2/4 Those beautiful leaps and dancing steps made by the white Lipizzan stallions of the Spanish Riding School. 1972Guardian 4 Oct. 4/6 The 58 photogenic white Lippizaner stallions of the Spanish Riding School which has just celebrated its four hundredth anniversary. |