CAPRIOLE


Meaning of CAPRIOLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈka-prē-ˌōl ]

noun

Etymology: Middle French or Old Italian; Middle French capriole, from Old Italian capriola, from capriolo roebuck, from Latin capreolus goat, roebuck, from capr-, caper he-goat; akin to Old English hæfer goat, Greek kapros wild boar

Date: 1594

1. : a playful leap : caper

2. of a trained horse : a vertical leap with a backward kick of the hind legs at the height of the leap

• capriole intransitive verb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.