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Webster 1913 Edition


Falcade

Fal-cade′

(făl-kād′)
,
Noun.
[F., ultimately fr. L.
falx
,
falcis
, a sickle or scythe.]
(Man.)
The action of a horse, when he throws himself on his haunches two or three times, bending himself, as it were, in very quick curvets.
Harris.

Webster 1828 Edition


Falcade

FALCA'DE

,
Noun.
[L. falx, a sickle or sythe.]
A horse is said to make a falcade, when he throws himself on his haunches two or three times, as in very quick curvets; that is a falcade is a bending very low.

Definition 2024


falcade

falcade

English

Noun

falcade (plural falcades)

  1. A horse's movement of throwing itself on its haunches two or three times, bending in very quick curvets.
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