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MOLETTE PARADE [1 record]

Record 1 1989-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

A type of rowel used for ceremonies by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the early 1900s.

OBS

Term requested and defined by the RCMP.

OBS

rowel: A small wheel having sharp points, attached to the end of a spur.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Genre de molette porté durant les cérémonies par les gendarmes à cheval de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC) au début des années 1900.

OBS

molette : Partie mobile de l'éperon dit «à molette», qui sert à piquer le cheval et qui a ordinairement la forme d'une étoile.

OBS

parade : Carrousel, revue de cavaliers.

Spanish

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