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passade

pas·sade [ pə sd ] (plural pas·sades)


noun 
Definition:
 
backward and forward movement: a movement in dressage in which a horse is made to move forward and back again on the same spot

[Mid-17th century. Via French< Italian passata< Latin passus "step"]
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