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piaffe

(pyaf)

noun

a movement in horsemanship in which the animal executes the motions of a slow trot in place

Origin: Fr < piaffer, to strut, paw the ground, prob. of echoic orig.

transitive verb piaffed, piaffing

to perform the piaffe

See piaffe in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb piaffed piaffed, piaf·fing, piaffes

To perform the piaffer.

Origin:

Origin: French piaffer

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