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caracole

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car⋅a⋅cole

  [kar-uh-kohl] noun, verb, -coled, -col⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a half turn executed by a horse and rider.
2. Rare. a winding staircase.
–verb (used without object)
3. to execute caracoles; wheel.
Origin:
1650–60; < F < Sp caracol snail, spiral shell or stair, turning movement (of a horse)

Related forms:
car⋅a⋅col⋅er, noun
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car·a·cole   (kār'ə-kōl')   
n.  A half turn to right or left performed by a horse and rider.
intr.v.   car·a·coled, car·a·col·ing, car·a·coles also car·a·cols
To perform a caracole.

[French, from Spanish caracol, snail.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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