/
kəːˈvɛt/
n.
a graceful or energetic leap.
v.
(curvets, curvetting, curvetted or curvets, curveting, curveted)
leap gracefully or energetically.
▸(of a horse) perform a courbette.
Etymology
C16: from Ital. corvetta, dimin. of corva, earlier form of curva ‘a curve’, from L. curvus ‘bent’.
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