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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 300 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CARACOLE (a Fr. word, the origin of which is doubtful, meaning the
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wheeling about of a horse; in
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Spanish and Portuguese caracol means a
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snail with a
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spiral shell)
  , a turn or
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wheeling in
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horsemanship to the
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left or right, or to both alternately, so that the movements of the horse describe a zig-zag course . The
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term has been used loosely and erroneously to describe any display of fancy
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riding . It is also used for a
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spiral
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staircase in a tower .

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