Definition of: caracole

(kar′ə·kōl) noun
A sudden half turn to the right or left made by a horseman in riding; curvet.
—v. ·coled, ·col·ing v.t. Rare To cause to curvet or half–wheel: He was fond of caracoling his horse.
—v.i. To make or cause one's horse to make caracoles; prance; wheel in line of files, as cavalry. Also car′a·col (-kol). [<F <Ital. caracollo]