单词 | levade |
释义 | levaden. (See quot. 1948.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > special movements performed by trained horse > [noun] > levade levade1944 1944 E. Byng World of Arabs 246 The three widely celebrated specialties of Vienna's ‘Spanish’ Riding School..are known as the levade, the piaffe, and the capriole. 1948 A. Podhajsky Die Spanische Hofreitschule: Spanish Riding School 82/1 Training above the ground is usually started either with the Levade or Pesade. In both these exercises which are constructed from the Piaffe, the hind quarters, deeply bent in the haunch, support the entire weight of the body, whilst the fore quarters with the fore feet drawn up under the body, rise more or less high above the ground; the duration of this position depends upon the dexterity and strength of the stallion. If the horse raises the fore quarters so high that his body reaches an angle of 45° with the earth, this is called ‘Pesade’; on the other hand, if it raises the fore quarters less high, one speaks of a Levade. 1953 G. Brooke Introd. Riding vii. 69 A system that he believed would enable him to demonstrate the ‘levade’ and ‘croupade’ and similar gymnastics. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1944 |
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