Wif hur noo war-fiting mooves ai think teh “levade” and teh “capriole” cud bee spechullee skaree – yoo mite bee safer eben tahn wif the speshul CHRG! booklion says. From Wordnik.com. [draw me - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Borumoter first took his gage at lil lolly lavvander waader since when capriole legs covets limbs of a crane and was it the twylyd or the mounth of the yare or the feint of her smell made the seo-men assalt of her (in imageascene all: whimwhim whimwhim). From Wordnik.com. [Finnegans Wake] Reference
Dressage terms like; capriole, levade, piaffe, pirouette, sound very much like those used in classical ballet and definitely equal the precision, control and. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Dressage terms like; capriole, levade, piaffe, pirouette, sound very much like those used in classical ballet and definitely equal the precision, control and athleticism required of a prima ballerina, yet these are the movements of a 1200 lb. horse. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"It is a great delight," says old Nashe, "to see a young gentleman with his skill and cunning, by his voice, rod, and spur, better to manage and to command the great Bucephalus, than the strongest Milo, with all his strength; one while to see him make him tread, trot, and gallop the ring; and one after to see him make him gather up roundly; to bear his head steadily; to run a full career swiftly; to stop a sudden lightly; anon after to see him make him advance, to yerke, to go back, and sidelong, to turn on either hand; to gallop the gallop galliard; to do the capriole, the chambetta, and dance the curvetty.". From Wordnik.com. [Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists] Reference
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