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dressage [druh-sahzh; French dre-sazh] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- haute école(def 1).
- the art or method of training a horse in obedience and in precision of movement.
Origin of dressage 1935–40; French, equivalent to dress(er) to dress + -age -age Examples from the Web for dressage Contemporary Examples of dressage
And no Stepford husband would ever tolerate a wife with as consuming a personal passion as dressage.
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Nathaniel Rich
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Dressage is a useful therapy for people with multiple sclerosis.
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The Telegraph: Royal horsewoman Zara Philips still in contention for a medal with the UK’s equestrian team in dressage.
Tom Sykes
July 29, 2012
The first time the “military test”—dressage, jumping, and eventing—was included in the Olympics was in 1912.
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June 18, 2012
After this, dressage became a more civilian sport, and the first women competed at the 1952 Olympics.
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Historical Examples of dressage
She laughed very prettily and told me my dressage would perhaps be difficult, as I was noble.
Robert W. Chambers
British Dictionary definitions for dressage dressage noun
- the method of training a horse to perform manoeuvres in response to the rider’s body signals
- the manoeuvres performed by a horse trained in this method
Word Origin for dressage French: preparation, from Old French dresser to prepare; see dress Word Origin and History for dressage n.
1936, from French dressage, from dresser “to train, drill” (see dress (v.)). Middle English had dress (v.) in the sense of “to train or break in” a horse or other animal (c.1400), but it died out.