demi-volte Manège.
(ˈdɛmɪvəʊlt)
[demi- 6.]
One of the seven artificial motions of a horse: a half-turn made with the fore legs raised.
| a 1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1886) 74 Having a horse that was excellent in performing the demivolte. 1808 Scott Marm. iv. xxx, And making demi-volte in air. 1884 E. L. Anderson Mod. Horsemanship ii. xii. 121 The horse may be made to traverse in lines and demi-voltes to the left. |