An old variant spelling of capriole, a horse-riding movement where the horse leaps and kicks its back legs in the air.
From Italian capriola (leap like a goat), derived from Latin capra (goat), describing the goat-like jumping movement a horse makes.
The word 'capriola' literally means 'little goat leap'—medieval riders watched goats jump and thought that move looked so impressive they trained horses to copy it.
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