subsaltation

subsaltation

English

Etymology

From Latin subsaltātiō f.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsʌbslˈteɪʃn/, /ˌsʌbsəlˈteɪʃn/

Noun

subsaltation (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of subsultation (“(obsolete) bounding, leaping”)

   Hyponyms: curvet, prance

   • 1666, Joseph Caryl, An Exposition With Practical Observations continued upon the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, Forty-first, and Forty-second (Being the five last) Chapters of the Book of Job‎, London: Printed by M. and S. Simmons, to Chapter 39 Verse 20, page 436:

     The motion of a horse may be compared to that of a Grasshopper in two respects. First, In respect of his swiftness. Secondly, Of his subsaltation, or bounding and leaping. I conceive God had respect only to the latter, in these words; for seeing this whole context doth not handle the nature of the horse in general, but only the marks or qualities of valiant horses; therefore the mention of this (namely, the subsaltation of horses) is much more proper than that of their swiftness or speed in running:

Anagrams

• stabulations