pəˈsād, -zād, -zäd noun
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Etymology: French, alteration (influenced by peser to weigh, from Latin pensare ) of obsolete French posade, from Middle French, from Old Italian posata, from posare to put, rest, pause, from Late Latin pausare to stop, rest, from Latin pausa pause — more at pause , pensive
: a dressage maneuver in which a horse is made to raise his forequarters while keeping his hind feet on the ground without advancing