caracole
Example Sentences
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He began to rear and caracole as if he were about to suffer transformation into a colt.
From Time Magazine Archive
The crude might of the queen was transformed into refined power, restrained and directed by a system of sparkling levers; the pawns grew cleverer; the knights stepped forth with a Spanish caracole .
From Time Magazine Archive
They examined the new horse and made him caracole about the yard.
From The Cossacks by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
He went about it as steadily and deliberately as the horses go to plough; no attempt to caracole in the furrow, ready to stand still as long as you like.
From Amaryllis at the Fair by Jefferies, Richard
Thus speaking, he dashed his spurs into his horse's sides, and, checking him at the same time, compelled him to execute a lofty caracole.
From The Abbot by Scott, Walter, Sir
