noun
also lip·iz·zan·er |lipə̇t|sänər ; or lip·pi·za·na -nə ; or lip·piz·zan·er -nər
( -s )
Etymology: Lippizaner, Lipizzaner, Lippizzaner from German, from Lippiza, Lipizza, Lippizza, stud in northwestern Yugoslavia (formerly the Austrian Imperial Stud) where the strain was developed; Lippizana from Italian, from Lippiza
1. usually capitalized : a strain or breed of shapely spirited chiefly white horses developed by crossbreeding Spanish, Danish, Italian, and Arab stock at the Austrian Imperial Stud at Lippiza near Trieste
2. often capitalized : a horse of the Lippizaner strain or breed used especially in specialty display and dressage