croupade
(kruːˈpeɪd)
[a. F. croupade, f. croupe croup n.1, under the influence of It. groppata.]
(See quot. 1884.)
| 1849 W. S. Mayo Kaloolah (1850) 171 Forcing him [a horse] to perform a number of lofty croupades. 1884 E. L. Anderson Mod. Horsemanship ii. xvii. 152 The Croupade is a high curvet, in which the hind-legs are brought up under the belly of the horse. |