dressage
noun
dres·sage drə-ˈsäzh 
dre-
often attributive
: the execution by a trained horse of precision movements in response to barely perceptible signals from its rider
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This is a sport involving the execution of precise movements by a trained horse in response to barely perceptible signals from its rider. The word dressage means “training” in French. Particularly important are the animal’s pace and bearing in performing walks, trots, canters, and more specialized maneuvers. Training is divided into the elementary campagne and the advanced haute école. Dressage competitions have been included in the Olympic Games since 1912. Riders compete as individuals and in teams.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Sep. 2022 Competitors will begin the four-day event with dressage, followed by cross-country and show-jumping. Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2022 Gender-separate teams may be eliminated in some sports like riflery or dressage, where height and strength and power and speed do not confer specific advantages, says Cahn. Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2022 Smiling with the window rolled down, the monarch was driven this morning, May 13, to the event—an annual competition for dressage, show jumping, carriage driving, and endurance riding. Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 May 2022 In fact, she was raised as a dressage horse before appearing on The Sopranos, according to News 12. Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com, 7 Feb. 2022 The dressage team upgraded to silver from its Rio bronze and the jumping team duplicated its silver with Jessica Springsteen up. BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2021 Steffen Peters and the United States dressage team did something that had not been done in more than 70 years. San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2021 Equestrian has its first day of dressage grand prix team and individual competition. Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 7 Aug. 2021 See More
Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Sep. 2022 Competitors will begin the four-day event with dressage, followed by cross-country and show-jumping. Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2022 Gender-separate teams may be eliminated in some sports like riflery or dressage, where height and strength and power and speed do not confer specific advantages, says Cahn. Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2022 Smiling with the window rolled down, the monarch was driven this morning, May 13, to the event—an annual competition for dressage, show jumping, carriage driving, and endurance riding. Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 May 2022 In fact, she was raised as a dressage horse before appearing on The Sopranos, according to News 12. Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com, 7 Feb. 2022 The dressage team upgraded to silver from its Rio bronze and the jumping team duplicated its silver with Jessica Springsteen up. BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2021 Steffen Peters and the United States dressage team did something that had not been done in more than 70 years. San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2021 Equestrian has its first day of dressage grand prix team and individual competition. Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 7 Aug. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
French, from dresser to train, drill, from Middle French
First Known Use
1912, in the meaning defined above