lungeing

Sudden forward attack

Lungeing is training a horse by having it move in circles around the handler while attached to a long rope or line.

The trainer stands at the center, controlling the horse's pace and direction with the lunge line and a long whip: She spent an hour lungeing the young mare.

Also spelled lunging.

equestrian

round pen

Circular enclosure for training horses

trainerOne who conditions others
whipStrikes or aerates
handlerOne who manages something

groundwork · young horse · schooling · gait · trot · canter · obedience · surcingle · breaking · warm-up

exercise

thrust

Forceful forward motion

forwardOnward in direction
stepFoot movement forward
leg extensionSeated thigh-strengthening exercise

quadriceps · fencing · attack · sword · blade · foil · épée · sabre · advance · footwork

Opposites

direction of movement

lungeingretreating

Moving back from advance

withdrawing · pulling back · recoiling · backing away · stepping back

offensive vs. defensive action

lungeingparrying

Deflecting an attack

blocking · defending · dodging · evading · deflecting

bodily extension vs. contraction

lungeingretracting

Withdrawing a statement

contracting · curling up · crouching · hunching · tucking in

Family

plunge, lunge, plunger, plunged, plunging, lunging, lunged, lunges, lunger

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