piaffern.
/pɪˈafə/, U.S. /piˈæfər/, /ˈpjæfər/ Horse Riding.
A movement in which the horse lifts its feet in an elevated trot while making little or no forward progress; = piaffe n.
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passage1728
piaffer1754
Spanish march1884
Spanish trot1884
piaffe1899
1754 R. Berenger tr. C. Bourgelat New Syst. Horsemanship viii. 62 Try to make him [sc. the horse] insensibly go into the Cords, which when he will do so readily, endeavour to get a Step or two exact and in time of the Passage or Piaffer [Fr. de passage, ou de piaffer].
1778 Earl of Pembroke Mil. Equitation (ed. 3) iii. 49 Horses worked well in hand look particularly well in coming up the middle, and backing there on the piaffer.
1862 K. Garrard Nolan's Syst. Train. Cav. Horses 65 The slow ‘piaffer’ is obtained by the slow and alternate pressure of the rider's legs. The quick ‘piaffer’ by quickening the alternate pressure of the leg.
1884 E. L. Anderson Mod. Horsemanship ii. xvii. 147 In the piaffer the horse should move the diagonal legs together and in perfect unison.
1948 E. Schmit-Jensen Equestrian Olympic Games 97 Piaffer, the Passage on the spot without any movement forward, backwards or sideways.
1990 N. Bartle tr. A. Knopfhart Fund. of Dressage i. iii. 19 Piaffer and passage..were originally meant to be just lessons designed to develop as much as possible the carrying capacity of the hindquarters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† piafferv.
Horse Riding. Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. = piaffe v. 2.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > special movements performed by trained horse > perform special movements [verb (intransitive)] > trot in particular way
piaffe1761
piaffer1761
1761 Earl of Pembroke Mil. Equitation (1778) 51 To piaffer..advancing gently, and well into the corners, is a very good lesson.
1786 R. Cumberland Observer III. lxxxiv. 232 While he is thus pacing and piaffering with every body's eyes upon him, his friends are calling out every now and then—‘Seat yourself firm in the saddle.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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