Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A slope in a manège-ground, down which a horse is ridden at speed in training him, to ply his haunches.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A slope or declivity in a manege ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to his haunches.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A slope or declivity in a manège ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to its haunches.

Etymologies

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French

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Examples

  • The driver of a Honda Accord, Amanda E. Virkus of Sandy Spring, ran a red light shortly before 9 p.m., and Phelps 'Cadillac E.calade sport utility vehicle crashed into the driver's side of her car at the intersection of two one-way streets north of downtown, police said.

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