[vəʊlt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sudden quick jump or other movement to escape a thrust, especially a swinging round of the rear leg to turn the body sideways

- a movement performed in dressage and classical riding, in which a horse describes a circle of 6 yards diameter


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Origin:
late 17th century (as a fencing term): from French, from Italian volta ‘a turn’, from volgere ‘to turn’. volte dates from the early 18th century