croupaden.
/kruːˈpeɪd/ (See quot. 1884.)
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Groupade.
1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Onomasticon in Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ Grouppade, a kind [of] Curvet in Horsman~ship.
1849 W. S. Mayo Kaloolah (1850) 171 Forcing him [sc. a horse] to perform a number of lofty croupades.
1884 E. L. Anderson Mod. Horsemanship ii. xvii. 152 The Croupade is a high curvet, in which the hind-legs are brought up under the belly of the horse.
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