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
Browse dictionary entries near curveting
- curveted
- curvet
- curved
- curveball
- curve
- curvature
- curvaceous
- curule
- curtsying
- curtsy
- curvetted
- curvetting
- curvi-
- curvier
- curviest
- curvilineal
- curvilinear
- curvilinearly
- curving
- curvy
