Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CROUPADE, CROOPADE
n.[from croup, or its root. ] In the manege, a leap in which the horse pulls up his hind legs, as if he drew them up to his belly.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CROUPADE
Crou *pade " (kr-pd "), n. Etym: [F., fr. croupe hind quarters. ] (Man. )
Defn: A leap in which the horse pulls up his hind legs toward his belly.
New American Oxford Dictionary
croupade
croupade |krʊˈpeɪd | ▶noun a movement performed in classical riding, in which the horse leaps from the ground with its legs tucked under its body. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: French, from Italian groppata, from groppa ‘croup ’.
Oxford Dictionary
croupade
croupade |krʊˈpeɪd | ▶noun a movement performed in classical riding, in which the horse leaps from the ground with its legs tucked under its body. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: French, from Italian groppata, from groppa ‘croup ’.
Duden Dictionary
Croupade
Crou pa de |Croup a de kru …| Kruppade
The Wordsmith Dictionary