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Webster 1913 Edition
Curvet
Cur′vet
(kûr′v?t or kûr-v?t′; 277)
, Noun.
1.
(Man.)
A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raises his hind legs, so that all his legs are in the air at once.
2.
A prank; a frolic.
Cur′vet
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Curveted
or -vetted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Curveting
or -vetting
.] 1.
To make a curvet; to leap; to bound.
“Oft and high he did curvet.” Drayton.
2.
To leap and frisk; to frolic.
Shak.
Cur′vet
,Verb.
T.
To cause to curvet.
Landor.
Webster 1828 Edition
Curvet
CURVET
,Noun.
1.
In the manege, a particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at one, equally advanced, and as his fore legs are falling, he raises his hind legs, so that all his lets are raised at once.2.
A prank; a frolic.CURVET
,Verb.
I.
1.
To leap; to bound; to spring and form a curvet.2.
To leap and frisk.