The piaffe is a dressage movement where the horse is in a highly collected and cadenced trot, in place or nearly in place. The center of gravity of the horse should be more towards the hind end, with the hindquarters slightly lowered and great bending of the joints in the hind legs.

What does Piaffer mean in English?

noun. Also piaffer. a cadenced trot executed on one spot, with a well-elevated leg action. verb (used without object), piaffed, piaff·ing. (of a horse) to execute such a movement.

What does Ascion mean?

1 : a detached living portion of a plant (such as a bud or shoot) joined to a stock in grafting and usually supplying solely aerial parts to a graft. 2a : descendant, child especially : a descendant of a wealthy, aristocratic, or influential family.