Meaning & use

Manege

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The art of horsemanship and horse training, or an enclosed arena used for training and riding horses.

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The riders practiced their dressage routines in the covered manege.

Classical manege techniques date back to Renaissance riding academies.

A note on using this word

Manege comes from French and Italian words for horse training, and is closely related to the term 'menagerie' through their shared root meaning 'to handle.'

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