Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ballotade

Ballotade (bal"lo*tad` or bal"lo*tād`) , noun

[French ballottade, from ballotter to toss. See Ballot, v. i.]

(Man.) A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out.