Curvet Definition
kûr-vĕt
curveted, curveting, curvets, curvetted, curvetting
noun
curvets
In equestrian exhibitions, a movement in which a horse rears, then leaps forward, raising the hind legs just before the forelegs come down.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
curveting, curvetting
To make a curvet.
Webster's New World
To leap in a curvet.
American Heritage
To cause to curvet.
Webster's New World
To prance; frolic.
American Heritage
Origin of Curvet
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Italian corvetta from Old Italian from Old French courbette from courber to curve from Latin curvāre from curvus curved sker-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Italian corvetta, diminutive of corva, an early form of curva ‘curve’, from Latin curva feminine of curvus ‘bent, curved’.
From Wiktionary
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