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dressage|ˈdrɛsɑːʒ|
[Fr., lit. ‘training’, f. dresser to train, drill.]
The training of a horse in obedience and deportment; the execution by a horse of precise movements in response to its rider. Also attrib. and fig.
1936Field 24 Oct. 1015/2 In recent years there has been considerable interest shown in the training and dressage of hacks..as witnessed in the complicated dressage test held at the recent Olympic Games. 1938Times 17 May 8/7 The first international dressage tests to be held in this country will form one of the principal features of the International Horse Show. 1957Times 14 Oct. 4/5 Miss Willcox and High and Mighty..duly won the open event with a dressage of 95·66. 1962R. S. Summerhays Elem. Riding (ed. 4) xxvi. 145 Dressage is a series of well-defined phases or exercises in the training of a horse. 1963Times 22 Apr. 8/5 Mr. Harold Wilson's Lloyd-Georgian deftness in all problems of party dressage. |