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calade

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

Noun

calade (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

Forms of calade

pluralcalades

Origin of calade

Borrowed from French calade.

Questions about calade

What does calade mean?
Calade means a slope or declivity in a manège ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to its haunches.
What part of speech is calade?
Calade is a noun.
What is the plural of calade?
The plural of calade is calades.

Words near calade in the dictionary

  1. calabur trees
  2. Calaca
  3. calachuchi
  4. calacorene
  5. calactin
  6. calade
  7. calades
  8. caladium
  9. caladiums
  10. caladrius
  11. Calafat

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