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dres⋅sage

[druh-sahzh; Fr. dre-sazh]
–noun
1. haute école (def. 1).
2. the art or method of training a horse in obedience and in precision of movement.

Origin:
1935–40; < F, equiv. to dress(er) to dress + -age -age
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dres·sage   (drə-säzh', drě-)   
n.  The guiding of a horse through a series of complex maneuvers by slight movements of the rider's hands, legs, and weight.

[French, preparation, training, dressage, from dresser, to set up, arrange, train, from Old French drecier, to set up, arrange; see dress.]
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Word Origin & History

dressage 
1936, from Fr., from dresser "to train, drill." M.E. had dress (v.) in the sense of "to train or break in" a horse or other animal (c.1400), but it died out.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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