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    high-stepping horses and horse-drawn carriages, is the root of the French word haquenée, a term used for a small breed of horse, and the Sardinian achetta horse...
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    Society favours an alternative etymology stemming from the French word haquenée—a horse of medium size recommended for lady riders—which was brought to...
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    le Roux bought the town of Brest around 1260, in exchange for a white haquenée and 100 pounds of rent. In a deed signed in 1269, Aliénor de Porhoët, dame...
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  • angliscisme) haquebute or hacquebute (n. f.) haquebutier or hacquebutier (n. m.) haquenée (n. f.) haquet (n. m.) hara-kiri (n. m.) harangue (n. f.) haranguer (v...
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  • "bed of an axle-tree" happe-chair happe-foie happe-lapin happer "to snap" haquenée "hackney, nag" haquet "a dray" haquetier harangue "harangue" haranguer...
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  • Diable à quatre ou la Double Métamorphose 1791 : Pagamin 1793 : La Blanche Haquenée 1793 : Alexis et Rosette, ou les Houlans 1794 : La Réunion du 10 août,...
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