calade

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noun

A slope or declivity in a manège ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to its haunches.

OriginFrench calade →
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Meanings

nouncalade (plural calades)

plural calades

  1. A slope or declivity in a manège ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to its haunches.

    Work your horse in a calade, after the Italian way; ride him straight, and then you make good use of the calade.

    1735, The Sportsman's Dictionary

Origin

  1. Frenchcalade
  2. Frenchcalade
  3. Englishcalade

Borrowed from French calade.

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APA

calade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calade

MLA

“calade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calade. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “calade,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calade.

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