Definition of curvet Curvet
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We found 10 definitions of curvet from 5 different sources.
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What does curvet mean?
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NounPlural: curvets |
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| curvet - a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down | ||
| vaulting | ||
| dressage maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider | ||
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| curvet - perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse | ||
| bound, leap, spring, jump form the boundary of; be contiguous to | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- curvet (n.)
A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raises his hind legs, so that all his legs are in the air at once. - curvet (n.)
A prank; a frolic. - curvet (n.)
To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. - curvet (n.)
To leap and frisk; to frolic. - curvet (v. t.)
To cause to curvet.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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curvet
kur′vet, kur-vet′, n. a light leap of a horse in which he raises his forelegs together, next the hindlegs with a spring before the forelegs touch the ground: a leap, frolic.—v.i. (kur-vet′, kur′vet) to leap in curvets: to frisk:—pr.p. curvet′ting, curvet′ing; pa.p. cur′veted. [It. corvetta, dim. of corvo—L. curvus.]
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