curvet.
Of a horse or, by extension, another animal: to leap about, to frolic.
Meaning & usage
Of a horse or, by extension, another animal: to leap about, to frolic.
To cause to leap about, dart or jump.
To fly or swim with darting movements.
(of a person) To prance; to caper, frolic.
(of an object) To jump, skip, shake.
Where this word comes from
From Italian corvetta, diminutive of corva, an early form of curva (“curve”), from Latin curva, feminine of curvus (“bent, curved”).
A particular leap in which a horse raises both forelegs at once, equally advanced, and, as the forelegs are falling, raises the hind legs, so that all the legs are in the air at once.
A prank; a frolic.
Where this word comes from
From Italian corvetta, diminutive of corva, an early form of curva (“curve”), from Latin curva, feminine of curvus (“bent, curved”).
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