Sekirov Dictionary

caracole

/ˈkæɹəkəʊl/

noun 3
verb 1
forms 3

noun3

A half-turn performed by a horse and rider in dressage.
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(historical) A combat maneuver where riders of the same squadron turn simultaneously to their left or to their right.
- How the chargers neigh and champ, / (Their riders weary of camp,) / With curvet and with caracole! — 1866
A spiral staircase.

verb1

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To execute a caracole.
- 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. — 1884

forms

caracoled · caracoling · caracoles

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