Car″a‐cole (?), n. [F. caracole, caracol, fr. Sp. caracol snail, winding staircase, a wheeling about.]
1. (Man.) A half turn which a horseman makes, either to the right or the left.
2. (Arch.) A staircase in a spiral form.
‖En caracole (�), spiral; — said of a staircase.