caracoling
caracoling is the present participle and gerund of caracole.
Meaning of caracole
Verb
caracole (third-person singular simple present caracoles, present participle caracoling, simple past and past participle caracoled)
- To execute a caracole.
- Prince John, upon a grey and high-mettled palfrey, caracoled within the lists at the head of his jovial party, laughing loud with his train, and eyeing with all the boldness of royal criticism the beauties who adorned the lofty galleries.1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
Noun
caracoling (plural caracolings)
- A caracole, or half-turn.
- Here stood the veteran cavalier, stiff and straight as the old elm against which he leant, casting a wrathful eye upon the wayward caracolings of the lady's palfrey[…]1839, William E. Burton, Gentleman's Magazine, and Monthly American Review
Forms of caracoling
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Questions about caracoling
- What does caracoling mean?
- Caracoling means a caracole, or half-turn.
- What is caracoling the present participle and gerund of?
- Caracoling is the present participle and gerund of caracole.
- What part of speech is caracoling?
- Caracoling is a noun.
- What is the plural of caracoling?
- The plural of caracoling is caracolings.
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