curveting

Variant of 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

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

intransitive verb curvetted or curveted, curvetting or curveting

to make a curvet

transitive verb

to cause to curvet
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