pe·sade (p -s d , -zäd)n. The act or position of a horse when rearing on its hind legs with its forelegs in the air. [French, alteration (influenced by peser, to weigh) of obsolete posade, from Old Italian posata, a pause, from posare, to pause, from Late Latin paus re; see pose1.] |
pesade [pɛˈsɑːd]
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) Dressage a position in which the horse stands on the hind legs with the forelegs in the air
[from French, from posade, from Italian posata a halt, from posare to stop, from Latin pausa end]
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