Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Caracole

Caracole , noun

[French caracole, caracol, from Sp. caracol snail, winding staircase, a wheeling about.]

1.
(Man.) A half turn which a horseman makes, either to the right or the left.
2.
(Architecture) A staircase in a spiral form.
Collocations (1)
\'d8En caracole , spiral; -- said of a staircase.

Caracole , intransitive verb

[Compare French caracoler.]

(Man.) To move in a caracole, or in caracoles; to wheel.
Prince John caracoled within the lists. — Sir W. Scott