curveting

Variant of curvet

curvet definition

cur·vet (kʉr′vet; for v., usually kər vet′)

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 curvetted -·vet′·ted or curveted -·vet′ed, curvetting -·vet′·ting or curveting -·vet′·ing

to make a curvet

transitive verb

to cause to curvet

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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