Dictionary entry

Ballotade

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bal″lo‐tade′ (băl″lō̍‐täd′ or –tād′), n. [F. ballottade, fr. ballotter to toss. See Ballot, v. i.] (Man.) A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out.