caracole
Plural: caracoles
Verb
- make a half turn on a horse, in dressage
- To execute a caracole.
- -COLED, -COLING, -COLES to perform a half turn on a horse
Noun
- A half-turn performed by a horse and rider in dressage.
- A combat maneuver where riders of the same squadron turn simultaneously to their left or to their right.
- A spiral staircase.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from French caracole (noun, literally “snail's shell”), caracoler (verb).
Scrabble Score: 12
caracole: valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordcaracole: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
caracole: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
caracole is a valid Words With Friends word