Associations to the word «Curvet»
Wiktionary
CURVET, verb. (of a horse) To leap about, frolic.
CURVET, noun. A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both forelegs at once, equally advanced, and, as his forelegs are falling, raises his hind legs, so that all his legs are in the air at once.
CURVET, noun. A prank; a frolic.
Dictionary definition
CURVET, noun. A light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down.
CURVET, verb. Perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse.
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