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manège

noun
ma·nège | \ma-ˈnezh, mə-, -ˈnāzh\
variants: or less commonly manege

Definition of manège 

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

First Known Use of manège

1644, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for manège

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

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