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falcade en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /fælˈkeɪd/

Etymology

From French falcade, ultimately from Latin falx, falcis (“a sickle or scythe”). By surface analysis, Latin falc- + -ade.

Meanings

1. A horse's movement of throwing itself on its haunches two or three times, bending in very quick curvets.
   • let him make two or three Falcades or Times , to firm his Haunches the better, and to turn with the better Grace. 1717, Jacques de Solleysel, The Compleat Horseman:

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