English

Noun

ballotade ‎(plural ballotades)

1. (dressage) A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or on a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out.

References

• ballotade in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913