Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the manège, the action of a horse that tries to get rid of his rider by rearing and kicking.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Man.) The action of a horse, when, to get rid of his rider, he rears, plunges, and kicks furiously.
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- noun The
rearing ,plunging , andkicking actions of ahorse trying to get rid of itsrider .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The gibbet and the fearful "estrapade" had not deterred them.
The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird
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Where are the defenestrations that shall break their bones, where is the estrapade that shall grind their joints?
The Shadow of the Torturer Wolfe, Gene 1980
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If the reformers condemned D'Andelot's concession, Paul the Fourth, on the other hand, regarded his escape from the _estrapade_ as proof positive that not only Henry, but even the Cardinal of Lorraine, was lukewarm in the defence of the faith!
The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird
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Henry manifested no desire to retain long as a prisoner, much less to bring to the _estrapade_, the nephew of the constable, and a warrior who had himself held the honorable post of
The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird
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Will the terror of the _estrapade_ quench the burning courage of a sect which has spread over the whole of France, if it could not stifle the fire when first kindled at Meaux and at
The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird
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The Bishop of Paris, after harshly advocating the rekindling of the extinct fires of the estrapade, was compelled to hear in return some plain words from Admiral
The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird
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He did not want to look at the rigid legs, at the feet hanging down nervelessly, with their bare toes some six inches above the floor, to know that the man had been given the estrapade till he had swooned.
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It would take Sotillo a day to give me the estrapade, and try some other things perhaps, before he puts
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And we may even get the estrapade, too, or worse -- quien sabe?
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He did not want to look at the rigid legs, at the feet hanging down nervelessly, with their bare toes some six inches above the floor, to know that the man had been given the estrapade till he had swooned.
Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard Joseph Conrad 1890
jinglebelljosie commented on the word estrapade
a horse's attempt to remove its rider
March 10, 2009
jmjarmstrong commented on the word estrapade
JM and Mr Ed have an agreement about estrapade escapades.
April 2, 2010