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Webster 1913 Edition
Ballotade
Bal′lo-tadeˊ
(băl′lō̍-tädˊ or băl′lō̍-tādˊ)
, Noun.
(Man.)
A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon 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.