Falcade

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Falcade \Fal*cade"\ (f[a^]l*k[=a]d"), n. [F., ultimately fr. L.
     falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe.] (Man.)
     The action of a horse, when he throws himself on his haunches
     two or three times, bending himself, as it were, in very
     quick curvets. --Harris.
     [1913 Webster] Falcate