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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. An...
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Eugene W. Ferris
were armed only with sabres", and that Ferris gained the element of surprise when he "spurred his horse at the guerrilla-leader and suddenly executing a demi-volte
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volte
volte, volt (vɒlt, vəʊlt) [a. F. volte, ad. It. volta: see volta.] † 1. A kind of dance; = volta, lavolta. Obs.1586 E. Hoby tr. Cognet's Polit. Disc. Truth xi. 39 The Voltes, courantes, and vyolent daunses proceede from furie. 1597 T. Morley Introd. Mus. 181 Like vnto this [the Bransle] (but more li...
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