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caracol

Syllables: ca·ra·col

caracol is the alternative spelling of caracole.

Meaning of caracole

Noun

caracole (plural caracoles)

  1. A half-turn performed by a horse and rider in dressage.
  2. (historical, cavalry) A combat maneuver where riders of the same squadron turn simultaneously to their left or to their right.
    • How the chargers neigh and champ, / (Their riders weary of camp,) / With curvet and with caracole!1866, Henry Howard Brownell, “Abraham Lincoln (Summer, 1865)”, in War-Lyrics and Other Poems, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, page 127
  3. A spiral staircase.

See all 4 meanings of caracole

Forms of caracol

Noun
pluralcaracols
Verb
third-person singular presentcaracols
present participlecaracolling
past participlecaracolled
pastcaracolled

Questions about caracol

What is caracol the alternative spelling of?
Caracol is the alternative spelling of caracole.

Words near caracol in the dictionary

  1. carack
  2. caracks
  3. caraco
  4. caracoa
  5. caracoas
  6. caracol
  7. caracole
  8. caracoled
  9. caracoler
  10. caracolers
  11. caracoles

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