pesade


pe·sade

P0215100 (pə-sād′, -zäd′)n. The act or position of a horse when rearing on its hind legs with its forelegs in the air.
[French, alteration (influenced by peser, to weigh) of obsolete posade, from Old Italian posata, a pause, from posare, to pause, from Late Latin pausāre; see pose1.]

pesade

(pɛˈsɑːd) n (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) dressage a position in which the horse stands on the hind legs with the forelegs in the air[C18: from French, from posade, from Italian posata a halt, from posare to stop, from Latin pausa end]