longe
9.9
A long rope used on the ground to guide a horse in a circle
- noun
- /lɒndʒ/
- UK
:
longitud
- After warming up, she practiced lunging her horse with the longe for better control.
Examples
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By noon the next day, Kelsey was concentrating on her lesson on the longe line.
Fiction book (1995) -
During the training session, the horse was exercised on the longe to improve its agility.
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Oh, and Moses said if I found you, he wants you back on the longe line.
Fiction book (1995) -
So a little bit of disengagement using my long line good yes, I want him to take the toy because I want to take this off him.
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The trainer used a longe to guide the horse around the arena as part of the exercise routine.
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Etymology
Longe comes from a French word meaning 'long', the same root as English long, because it names a very 'long' rope used to work with horses. So, a longe is a long rein or line that lets a trainer control a horse from the ground.