Sentences with capriole
cap·ri·ole
C c - Not knowing a pesade from a pirouette or a courbette from a capriole, I was seduced by the riders' dashing livery of black boots, white tights, brown dress coat and gilded bicorn hat, and the ambiance of aristocratic Vienna.
- The haute �cole of classical equitation includes movements with direct military application, like the capriole which was originally intended to enable a horseman to use his steed to kick an attacker approaching from behind.
- After a series of caprioles in response to more clapping, the announcer asked the crowd to hold their applause while Chris rode the horse with only the single lead from the nose ring of a Spanish exhibition halter.
- They were not acted to the accompaniment of mere commonplace gestures like a play, nor danced in imitative caprioles like a ballet.