Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dressage technique in which the horse turns in a circle, with the hindlegs making a smaller circle than the forelegs.
- noun A passing flirtation or romance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In fencing, a lunge forward with a sword, one foot being advanced at the same time.
- noun In the manège, a turn or course of the horse backward or forward on the same ground.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Fencing) A pass or thrust.
- noun (Man.) A turn or course of a horse backward or forward on the same spot of ground.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, passado, passade, from Italian passata, from passare, to pass; see passage.]
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Examples
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There was not a dress that he did not copy from some old print, or a _passade_ that he did not indicate to the humblest member of the troop.
The Ways of Men Eliot Gregory 1884
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