caracoles in English
verb
1
(of a horse) perform a caracole.
The thews in his hindquarters strained and bulged as the knight caracoled on his rear legs.
noun
1
a half turn to the right or left by a horse.
By 1700 the caracole , initially so fashionable, was obsolete and the cavalryman's pistol was reserved for the mêlée or as just another item in the horse soldier's armoury.
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