levade: Meaning and Definition of

le•vade

Pronunciation: (lu-väd'), [key]
— n. Dressage.
  1. a movement in which the horse first lowers its body on increasingly bent hocks, then sits on its hind hooves while keeping its forelegs raised and drawn in.
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