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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cur•vet (n. kûr′vit;v. kər vet′, kûr′vit),USA pronunciation n., v., -vet•ted or -vet•ed, -vet•ting or -vet•ing. n. - Sport[Dressage.]a leap of a horse from a rearing position, in which it springs up with the hind legs outstretched as the forelegs descend.
v.i. - Sportto leap in a curvet, as a horse;
cause one's horse to do this. - to leap and frisk.
v.t. - to cause to make a curvet.
- French courbette, equivalent. to courb(er) to bend, curve ( Latin curvāre; compare curve) + -ette - ette
- Italian corvetta
- earlier curvetto 1565–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: curvet /kɜːˈvɛt/ n - a low leap with all four feet off the ground
vb ( -vets, -vetting, -vetted, -vets, -veting, -veted)- to make or cause to make such a leap
- (intransitive) to prance or frisk about
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old Italian corvetta, from Old French courbette, from courber to bend, from Latin curvāre |