falcade

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/fælˈkeɪd/

noun

A horse's movement of throwing itself on its haunches two or three times, bending in very quick curvets.

OriginFrench falcade ← Latin falx →
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Meanings

nounfalcade (plural falcades)

plural falcades

  1. A horse's movement of throwing itself on its haunches two or three times, bending in very quick curvets.

    let him make two or three Falcades or Times , to firm his Haunches the better, and to turn with the better Grace.

    1717, Jacques de Solleysel, The Compleat Horseman

Origin

  1. Latinfalx
  2. Frenchfalcade
  3. Englishfalcade

From French falcade, ultimately from Latin falx, falcis (“a sickle or scythe”). By surface analysis, Latin falc- + -ade.

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APA

falcade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/falcade

MLA

“falcade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/falcade. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “falcade,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/falcade.

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