capriole

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap.
2. A leap or caper, as in dancing.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To leap; to caper.
2. (transitive) To cause (one's mounted horse) to perform a capriole.

Concepts

saut

cabriole

gambade

Synonymes

leap

jump

spring

vault

bound

caper

vaulting

elevation

hop

jump off

saltation

Traductions

Kapriole

αναπήδημα ίππου

springen

pulo

salto

brinco

cabriola

salto

atlama

sıçrayış

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from French capriole, from Italian capriola.