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bal⋅lo⋅tade

   [bal-uh-teyd, -tahd]
–noun Dressage.
a movement similar to a croupade except that the horse draws in its hind legs so that the iron of the shoes is visible.
Origin:
1720–30; < F ballottade, balotade, equiv. to ballott(er) to move, stir (intrans.), to toss, shake (deriv. of ballotte, OF balote little ball < It; see ballot ) + -ade -ade 1
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Ballotade

Bal"lo*tade`\, n. [F. ballottade, fr. ballotter to toss. See Ballot, v. i.] (Man.) A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out.

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