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curvet
[ noun kur-vit; verb ker-vet, kur-vit ]
noun
- Dressage. a leap of a horse from a rearing position, in which it springs up with the hind legs outstretched as the forelegs descend.
verb (used without object)
- to leap in a curvet, as a horse; cause one's horse to do this.
- to leap and frisk.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to make a curvet.
curvet
/ kɜːˈvɛt /
noun
- dressage a low leap with all four feet off the ground
verb
- dressage to make or cause to make such a leap
- intr to prance or frisk about
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Example Sentences
With one bound he was in the saddle, made his horse curvet, and hid himself behind the enormous stem of the mahogany tree.
By so doing, the mouth of the horse receives a jerk which seldom fails to make it rear and curvet from side to side.
I knew that he made the pony curvet because I liked it; and presently my grandmother discovered that and took me away.
When the local was still far behind she would begin to curvet and take the bit between her teeth.
At this the hector sprang to his feet and mounted his grey charger, which he caused to prance and curvet across the field.
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