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-ade1
[bal-uh-teyd, -tahd] 
əˈteɪd