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Capriole Common

Capriole has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

(dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump

2

a playful leap or hop

3

A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap.

Verb
1

perform a capriole, of horses in dressage

2

perform a capriole, in ballet

3

To leap; to caper.

See Also
leap horse dance caper
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
jump leap dance
Rhyming Words
ole nole vole tole iole sole mole hole kole dole bole cole role pole azole ecole whole drole dhole opole
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