different between dressage vs caracole

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French dressage (“training”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?d??s.???/
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

dressage (countable and uncountable, plural dressages)

1. (uncountable) The schooling of a horse.
2. (uncountable) An equestrian sport in which the horse and rider perform a test of specific movements in an arena, and are judged on the horse's obedience, acceptance of the bridle and of the rider's aids, gaits, impulsion, and the harmony between horse and rider.
3. (countable) An event or competition of the sport of dressage.

   I'm competing in two dressages and a jumping show this weekend.

Synonyms

• (the training of a horse): flatwork, training, haute ecole (high school), classical dressage, (poetically) ballet on horseback

Translations

Anagrams

• de Grasse, degasser, regassed

French

Etymology

From dresser +? -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??.sa?/

Noun

dressage m (plural dressages)

1. training
2. dressage

Descendants

• ? English: dressage

Further reading

• “dressage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French caracole (noun, literally “snail's shell”), caracoler (verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæ??k??l/

Noun

caracole (plural caracoles)

1. A half-turn performed by a horse and rider in dressage.
2. (cavalry) A combat maneuver where riders of the same squadron turn simultaneously to their left or to their right.
3. (architecture) A spiral staircase.

Translations

Verb

caracole (third-person singular simple present caracoles, present participle caracoling, simple past and past participle caracoled)

1. To execute a caracole.
   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

     Prince John, upon a grey and high-mettled palfrey, caracoled within the lists at the head of his jovial party, laughing loud with his train, and eyeing with all the boldness of royal criticism the beauties who adorned the lofty galleries.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.?a.k?l/
• Homophones: caracolent, caracoles

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish caracol.

Noun

caracole f (plural caracoles)

1. (equestrianism) caracole
2. (architecture) caracole
3. (Belgium) snail

Etymology 2

Verb

caracole

1. inflection of caracoler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “caracole” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Walloon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caracol.

Noun

caracole f (plural caracoles)

1. snail