noun
Meaning 1
A half-turn performed by a horse and rider in dressage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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caracole
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/ˈkæɹəkəʊl/
noun
Meaning 2
A combat maneuver where riders of the same squadron turn simultaneously to their left or to their right.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Qualifier: cavalry
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noun
Meaning 3
A spiral staircase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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verb
Meaning 4
To execute a caracole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1884, Robert Black (translator), François Guizot, Henriette Elizabeth Guizot de Witt, The History of France from the Earliest Times to 1848, Volume 1, John B. Alden, page 259, Finally he went out of church and caracoled about on the open, at the foot of the castle, in presence of the people eager to have their share in the spectacle.
- 2010, Peter H. Wilson (translator and editor), The Thirty Years War: A Sourcebook, Macmillan Publishers (Palgrave Macmillan), page 67, The proper way, which I often explained to them, was too reject the bad habit of caracolling when facing the enemy.
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verb
Meaning 5
make a half turn on a horse, in dressage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: turn
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French caracole (noun, literally “snail's shell”), caracoler (verb).
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: caracole — half-turn performed by a horse and rider
- Russian: карако́ль (karakólʹ) — half-turn performed by a horse and rider
- French: caracole — in cavalry
- Russian: карако́ль (karakólʹ) — in cavalry
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