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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Curvet \Cur"vet\ (k[^u]r"v?t or k[^u]r-v?t"; 277), n. [OE. corvet, It corvetta: cf F. courbette. See {Curve}, and cf {Corvetto}.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Curvet \Cur"vet\, v. t. To cause to curvet. --Landor. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Curvet \Cur"vet\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Curveted} or {-vetted}; p. pr & vb n. {Curveting} or {-vetting}.] [Cf. It corvettare See {Curvet}, n.] 1. To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. ``Oft and high he did curvet.'' --Drayton. 2. To leap and frisk; to frolic. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: curvet n : a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down [syn: {vaulting}] v : perform a curvet, of a horse
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