Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or position of a horse when rearing on its hind legs with its forelegs in the air.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the manège, the motion of a horse when he raises his fore quarters, keeping his hind feet on the ground without advancing; rearing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Man.) The motion of a horse when, raising his fore quarters, he keeps his hind feet on the ground without advancing; rearing.
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- noun The
motion of ahorse when it raises itsforequarters and keeps its hind feet on the ground without advancing;rearing .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[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 pose.]
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French
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