Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PASSADE, PASSADO
n.A push or thrust.
PASSADE
n.In the menage, a turn or course of a horse backwards or forwards on the same spot of ground.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PASSADE; PASSADO
Pas *sade ", Pas *sa "do, n. Etym: [F. passade; cf. Sp. pasada. See Pass, v. i.]
1. (Fencing )
Defn: A pass or thrust. Shak.
2. (Man. )
Defn: A turn or course of a horse backward or forward on the same spot of ground.
New American Oxford Dictionary
passade
pas sade |pəˈsād pəˈseɪd | ▶noun a movement performed in advanced dressage and classical riding, in which the horse performs a 180 ° turn, with its forelegs describing a large circle and its hind legs a smaller one. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: French, from Italian passata or Provençal passada, from medieval Latin passare ‘to pass. ’
Oxford Dictionary
passade
passade |pəˈseɪd | ▶noun a movement performed in advanced dressage and classical riding, in which the horse performs a 180 ° turn, with its forelegs describing a large circle and its hind legs a smaller one. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: French, from Italian passata or Provençal passada, from medieval Latin passare ‘to pass ’.
French Dictionary
passade
passade n. f. nom féminin Aventure. : Ce n ’était qu ’une passade. SYNONYME caprice ; tocade .
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