levade

[ luh-vahd ]

noun

, Dressage.

1. a movement in which the horse first lowers its body on increasingly bent hocks, then sits on its hind hooves while keeping its forelegs raised and drawn in.

Word History and Origins

Origin of levade¹

1940–45; < German < French, equivalent to lev ( er ) to raise + -ade -ade ¹

Example Sentences

"Beyond being a symbol," says Anne Levade, a law professor at Paris-Sorbonne University, "the revision will change absolutely nothing."

From BBC

"There is a French particularity which leads politicians - in an almost Pavlovian way - to look for a constitutional change each time they want to signal the importance they attach to an issue," Levade laments.

From BBC

Anne Levade, professor of public law at Paris university, said the ruling will be on strictly legal grounds.

From Washington Times

Rejecting a bill as a whole is “a very rare option,” Levade said, noting that only five such decisions have been made since 1959.

From Washington Times

Still, it doesn’t mean the proposal would automatically be put to referendum, Levade stressed.

From Washington Times