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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

caracole

caracol

, fr. Sp.

caracol

snail, winding staircase, a wheeling about.]

(Man.)

A half turn which a horseman makes, either to the right or the left.

(Arch.)

A staircase in a spiral form.

‖En caracole

[F.]

spiral; – said of a staircase.

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Caracoled

[Cf. F.

caracoler

(Man.)

To move in a caracole, or in caracoles; to wheel.

Prince John

caracoled

within the lists.

Sir W. Scott.

See also: caracole

caracolé m ‎(feminine singular caracolée, masculine plural caracolés, feminine plural caracolées)