Etymology

caracole

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Today it means: A half-turn performed by a horse and rider in dressage. Full definition →

French caracole
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  1. French · borrowed fromcaracole
  2. English todaycaracole

Borrowed from French caracole (noun, literally “snail's shell”), caracoler (verb).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.