[n. kur-vit; v. ker-vet, kur-vit] 
noun, verb, -vet⋅ted or -vet⋅ed, -vet⋅ting or -vet⋅ing.| 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. |
| 2. | to leap in a curvet, as a horse; cause one's horse to do this. |
| 3. | to leap and frisk. |
| 4. | to cause to make a curvet. |
| cur·vet (kûr-vět') n. A light leap by a horse, in which both hind legs leave the ground just before the forelegs are set down. v. cur·vet·ted or cur·vet·ed, cur·vet·ting or cur·vet·ing, cur·vets v. intr.
To cause to leap in a curvet. [Italian corvetta, from Old Italian, from Old French courbette, from courber, to curve, from Latin curvāre, from curvus, curved; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots.] |