manège

noun

ma·​nège ma-ˈnezh 

mə-,

-ˈnāzh

variants or less commonly manege

1

: a school for teaching horsemanship and for training horses

2

: the art of horsemanship or of training horses

3

: the movements or paces of a trained horse

Word History

Etymology

French manège, from Italian maneggio training of a horse — more at manage

First Known Use

1644, in the meaning defined at sense 1