manège

manège or ma·nege [ma-nezh, -neyzh] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. the art of training and riding horses.
2. the action, movements, or paces of a trained horse.
3. a school for training horses and teaching horsemanship.

Origin of manège 1635–45; French Italian maneggio; see manage Examples from the Web for manege Historical Examples of manege

As he was leaving the Manege one of these bullies grossly insulted him.

Scaramouche

Rafael Sabatini

The broad doors flew open, and the manege was soon filled with knights and ladies on foot and horseback.

A Word Only A Word, Complete

Georg Ebers

We are like horses in a manege, or oxen or dogs taught to draw the plough, or be harnessed to a carriage.

Thoughts on Man

William Godwin

He possessed great personal strength, was expert in all manly exercises, and shone especially at the jousts and the manege.

Windsor Castle

William Harrison Ainsworth

British Dictionary definitions for manege manège manege noun

1. the art of training horses and ridersCompare dressage
2. a riding school

Word Origin for manège C17: via French from Italian maneggio, from maneggiare to manage Word Origin and History for manege n.

1640s, “riding school;” 1776, “horsemanship, movements proper to a trained horse,” from French manège, from Italian maneggio, from maneggiare “to control (a horse),” (see manage (v.)).