capriole
English
Noun
capriole (plural caprioles)
Verb
capriole (third-person singular simple present caprioles, present participle caprioling, simple past and past participle caprioled)
- (intransitive) To leap; to caper.
- (transitive) To cause (one's mounted horse) to perform a capriole.
- Thomas Carlyle
- Brawny fighters, all cased in buff and iron, their hearts too sheathed in oak and triple brass, caprioled their huge war-horses, shook their death-doing spears; and went forth in the most determined manner, nothing doubting.
- Thomas Carlyle
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