puissance
noun
uk
/ˈpwiː.sɑ̃s / /ˈpjuː.ɪ.səns/ us
/ˈpwiː.sɑ̃s / /ˈpjuː.ɪ.səns/puissance noun (HORSE EVENT)
[ U or S ] (also Puissance)
a competition in the sport of showjumping that tests how high horses can jump over special fences or walls:
- They are due to compete in April's British Open Show Jumping Championship, which features international showjumping classes, including the Puissance, where riders face the famous wall - often 7ft high.
- Morrissey and Scaraberas finished third this past summer at a Puissance in Dublin in driving rain.
- The success of the TV show has revived interest in the sport, and puissance is the hardcore event of showjumping -a sort of equestrian fundamentalism.
- Third place went to Norway's Geir Gulliksen on the puissance specialist Alex, who stopped once at the wall before clearing it at the second attempt.
puissance noun (POWER)
- ahold
- all's well that ends well idiom
- all-powerful
- ascendancy
- authoritarianism
- be above someone's pay grade idiom
- cradle
- discretionary
- grip
- he who pays the piper calls the tune. idiom
- hegemonic
- hegemonism
- implant
- power structure
- power struggle
- power vacuum
- power-sharing
- predominance
- sway
- the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world idiom
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