PESADE Definition & Meaning

pesade

[ puh-seyd, -zeyd, -zahd ]

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noun

Dressage.

a maneuver in which the horse is made to rear, keeping its hind legs stationary and its forelegs drawn in.

pesade

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noun

dressage a position in which the horse stands on the hind legs with the forelegs in the air

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of pesade¹

1720–30; < French, earlier posade < Italian posata a halt ( pose ¹, -ade ¹ ); pes- by association with peser to weigh. See poise ¹

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of pesade¹

C18: from French, from posade, from Italian posata a halt, from posare to stop, from Latin pausa end

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Pesade, pe-zād′, n. the act or position of a saddle-horse in rearing.

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In 1164, Hugh II., count of Rodez, in concert with his brother Hugh, bishop of Rodez, and the notables of the district, established the peace in the diocese of Rodez; "and this it is," said the learned Benedictines of the eighteenth century, in the Art of Verifying Dates, "which gave rise to the toll of commune paix or pesade, which is still collected in Rouergue."

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