Definition for BAL'O-TADE

BAL'O-TADE, n.

In the menage, a leap of a horse between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his fore feet are in the air, he shows nothing but the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out. In a capriole, the horse yerks out his hind legs. – Farrier's Dict. Encyc.

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