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piaffe, v. Horsemanship.|pɪˈæf|
[a. F. piaffer (16th c.) to strut, make a show. Cf. piaffe n., ostentation. Ulterior origin uncertain.]
intr. To advance the diagonally opposite legs (e.g. the right fore leg and the left hind leg) simultaneously, placing them on the ground and resting momentarily while the other two legs are advanced with the same movement; to move with the same step as in the trot, but more slowly.
1761Earl Pembroke Equitation (1778) 72 To piaffe in backing is rather too much to be expected in the hurry which [etc.]. 1814Scott Wav. lviii, He piaffed away..to the head of Fergus's regiment. 1820― Monast. xv, Pressing and checking his gay courser, forcing him to piaffe, to caracole, to passage. 1884Jaunt in a Junk xi. 180 Our seafarers saw Neptune's white horses piaffing..around them.
Hence piˈaffe n., an act of piaffing.
1899P. Robinson in Contemp. Rev. Dec. 800 It [a rabbit] diverts itself with queer sidelong cavorts, piaffes, jinklings, and somersaults. |