Horsemanship. [a. Fr. falcade, ad. It. falcata, L. falcāta, fem. of falcāt-us: see FALCATE.] (See quot.)
1730–6. Bailey, A falcade is the action of the haunches, and of the legs, which bend very low, as in corvets when a stop or half-stop is made.
1775. in Ash.
