A light leap by a horse, in which both hind legs leave the ground just before the forelegs are set down.
verbcurvettedcur·vet·ted or cur·vet·ed, curvettingcur·vet·ting or cur·vet·ing, cur·vets verb, intransitive
To leap in a curvet.
To prance; frolic.
verb, transitive
To cause to leap in a curvet.
Origin: Italian corvetta, from Old Italian, from Old French courbette, from courber, to curve, from Latin curvāre, from curvus, curved; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots.