the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [noun] > leap > that jumps fence > refusing (3)
An instance of a horse stopping short or turning aside at a jump. Cf. refuse, v.1 8.
figurative. Of a horse: an instance of balking (cf. balk, v.1 3).