Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ballotade \Bal"lo*tade`\, n. [F. ballottade, fr. ballotter to
   toss. See {Ballot}, v. i.] (Man.)
   A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight
   line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows
   only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out.