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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act or position of a horse when rearing on its hind legs with its forelegs in the air.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In the manège, the motion of a horse when he raises his fore quarters, keeping his hind feet on the ground without advancing; rearing.
Wiktionary
- n. The motion of a horse when it raises its forequarters and keeps its hind feet on the ground without advancing; rearing.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Man.) The motion of a horse when, raising his fore quarters, he keeps his hind feet on the ground without advancing; rearing.
Etymologies
- French (Wiktionary)
- French, alteration (influenced by peser, to weigh) of obsolete posade, from Old Italian posata, a pause, from posare, to pause, from Late Latin pausāre; see pose1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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