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		‖  courbette|kurbɛt| [F. courbette, ad. It. corvetta ‘a coruet, a sault, a prancing or continuall dancing of a horse’ (Florio).] =  curvet.
 a1648Ld. Herbert Life (1886) 74, A demivolte with courbettes..may be useful in a fight or mêlée. 1823Scott Peveril vii, The horse made a courbette, and brought the full weight of his chest against the counter of the other.  |