Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Sep 6, 2009 20:56
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French term
étendu
French to English
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Livestock / Animal Husbandry
A quality of the conformation of a stallion.
'xxxx est un ravissant poney, étendu, élégant, dégageant beaucoup de présence, très bien sorti devant, avec de belles allures énergiques, souples et équilibrées.'
Explanation: qualifie la distance entre la pointe de l'épaule et la pointe de la fesse. Favorisé par une épaule longue et inclinée ainsi qu'une hanche et un ischium longs. Doit toujours être supieure à la taille au garrot.
'xxxx est un ravissant poney, étendu, élégant, dégageant beaucoup de présence, très bien sorti devant, avec de belles allures énergiques, souples et équilibrées.'
Explanation: qualifie la distance entre la pointe de l'épaule et la pointe de la fesse. Favorisé par une épaule longue et inclinée ainsi qu'une hanche et un ischium longs. Doit toujours être supieure à la taille au garrot.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | stretched topline |
MatthewLaSon
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| 3 | slender |
Sussie Sufyasih Umsari
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Sep 8, 2009 14:24: MatthewLaSon Created KOG entry
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stretched topline
Hello,
I think they are talking about a horse being "étendu dans son dessus", which, I believe, means that the horse has a stretched topline. I've never seen "étendu" (dans son dessus), but I think it's the same thing.
In more advanced stages of collection, the horse has an extremely shortened underline and a rounded, stretched topline with an overall shortened frame from ...
www.horsekeeping.com/horse_riding_and.../collection.htm
I hope this helps.
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I think they are talking about a horse being "étendu dans son dessus", which, I believe, means that the horse has a stretched topline. I've never seen "étendu" (dans son dessus), but I think it's the same thing.
In more advanced stages of collection, the horse has an extremely shortened underline and a rounded, stretched topline with an overall shortened frame from ...
www.horsekeeping.com/horse_riding_and.../collection.htm
I hope this helps.
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Note added at 6 hrs (2009-09-07 03:03:57 GMT)
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http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://equisearch.com...
Note from asker:
| Thanks Matthew. This is a term I've been struggling with quite some time now, and I've frequently replaced it with 'Topline'. However, now I've read the French definition of topline I wonder at how accurate I've been, because topline would almost certainly include the part of the horse that runs from the poll to the withers (neck). I've also used 'good length of back' in the past, but I'm not convinced that's all that accurate either. Reasuring that someone's thinking along the same lines as me though! |
| Sorry, it's a bit early! I meant 'the French definition of étendu' |
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Comment: "Many thanks - reassuring that I wasn't too far off the mark!"
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Sussie Sufyasih Umsari
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slender
A slim.....with straight.....
Note from asker:
| I don't think so, because I know plenty of horses who are described as having 'étendu' who are quite chunky. |
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