manège

noun

ma·​nège ma-ˈnezh 

mə-,

-ˈnāzh

variants or less commonly manege

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

Examples of manège in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

McCartney asked the stunned fashion press on a crowded balcony above the manege that still smelled of horse. —Thomas Adamson, ajc, 7 Mar. 2023

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1644, in the meaning defined at sense 1