/bal'euh tayd", -tahd"/ , n. Dressage.
a movement similar to a croupade except that the horse draws in its hind legs so that the iron of the shoes is visible.
[ 1720-30; ballottade, balotade, equiv. to ballott ( er ) to move, stir (intrans.), to toss, shake (deriv. of ballotte, OF balote little ball -ade -ADE 1 ]