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

We were now two against three--the White-mantle was saved--with a wonderful inimitable, caracole he placed his horse by my side.

From Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague by Kohn, Spiegfried

Most of the mansions, however, squat ephemerally upon the soil, no cellar to them, and no staircase, the total fragile box ready to bounce and caracole should the wind drive hard enough.

From The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories by Wister, Owen

Ultimately some horsemen in the escort of Ariovistus began to caracole towards the Romans, and to hurl at them stones and darts.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 by Guizot, M. (François)