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capriole in British English
(ˈkæprɪˌəʊl)
noun
1. dressage
a high upward but not forward leap made by a horse with all four feet off the ground
2. dancing
a leap from bent knees
verb
3. (intransitive)
to perform a capriole
Word origin
C16: from French, from Old Italian capriola, from capriolo roebuck, from Latin capreolus, caper goatcapriole in American English
(ˈkæpriˌoʊl)
noun
1.
a caper; leap
2.
a type of competitive jump in which a trained horse leaps upward but not forward and kicks its hind legs so that they are nearly parallel to the ground
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈcapriˌoled or ˈcapriˌoling
3.
to make a capriole
Word origin
Fr < It capriola < capriolare, to leap like a goat < capriolo, roe deer < L capreolus, wild goat < caper (gen. capri), he-goat < IE *kapro- > ON hafr, OIr gaborImage ofcapriole
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