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6 words match “MANEGE”

MANEGE n. 2 definitions
Art of horsemanship, or of training horses
CALADE n.
A slope or declivity in a manege ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to his haunches.
COUNTERTIME n.
The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of the horse.
HORSEMANSHIP n.
The act or art of riding, and of training and managing horses; manege.
MANAGE n. 2 definitions
handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege. [Obs.] Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold. Bacon. Down, down I come; like glistering Phaëthon Wanting the manage of unruly jades. Shak. The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl.…
PILLAR n.
The center of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns. From pillar to post, hither and thither; to and fro; from one place or predicament to another; backward and forward. [Colloq.] -- Pillar saint. See Stylite. -- Pillars of the fauces. See Fauces, 1.