CARACOLE

n. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A half turn which a horseman makes, either to the right or the left.

2.
n.

A staircase in a spiral form. En caracole ( Etym: [F.], spiral; -- said of a staircase.

3.
v.

To move in a caracole, or in caracoles; to wheel. Prince John caracoled within the lists. Sir W. Scott.


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