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noun
1.
Dressage. a leap of a horse from a rearing position, in which it springs up with the hind legs outstretched as the forelegs descend.
verb (used without object)
2.
to leap in a curvet, as a horse; cause one's horse to do this.
3.
to leap and frisk.
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verb (used with object)
4.
to cause to make a curvet.
Origin:
1565–75; earlier curvetto < Italian corvetta < French courbette, equivalent to courb(er) to bend, curve (≪ Latin curvāre; compare curve) + -ette - ette
1565–75; earlier curvetto < Italian corvetta < French courbette, equivalent to courb(er) to bend, curve (≪ Latin curvāre; compare curve) + -ette - ette
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