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Bascule: The arc the horse forms with its head neck, and back while  
clearing an obstacle.

bas·cule
n.
A device or structure, such as a drawbridge, counterbalanced so that  
when one end is lowered the other is raised.

[French, seesaw : bas, low (from Medieval Latin bassus) + cul, bottom  
(from Latin clus, rump; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots).]


On Mar 3, 2009, at 1:25 PM, k s swigart wrote:

> Leonard said:
>
> >   grrr.. i don't know the word in english (bascule in french)

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