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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.
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.