piaffing

Variant of piaffe

piaffe definition

piaffe (pyaf)

noun

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

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

transitive verb piaffed, piaffing piaff′·ing

to perform the piaffe

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