curvet

noun

in equestrian exhibitions, a movement in which a horse rears, then leaps forward, raising the hind legs just before the forelegs come down

Etymology: It corvetta, dim. < corvo < L curvus: see crown

intransitive verb -·vet′·ted or -·vet′ed, -·vet′·ting or -·vet′·ing

to make a curvet

transitive verb

to cause to curvet