- Main Entry:
- dres·sage

- Pronunciation:
-
\drə-ˈsäzh, dre-\
- Function:
- noun
- Usage:
- often attributive
- Etymology:
- French, from dresser to train, drill, from Middle French
- Date:
- 1936
: the execution by a trained horse of precision movements in response to barely perceptible signals from its rider