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noun
Curvet  n.  
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.


verb
Curvet  v. t.  To cause to curvet.


Curvet  v. i.  (past & past part. curveted or curvetted; pres. part. curveting or curvetting)  
1.
To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. "Oft and high he did curvet."
2.
To leap and frisk; to frolic.





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"Curvet" Quotes from Famous Books



... brute force. He armed himself, and descended to renew the hazardous encounter in the gloomy solitude of the sea-bottom. I would I had the wit to describe that tournament beneath the sea; the stab, thrust, curvet, plunge—the conquest and capture of the unknown combatant. A special chance preserves the mediaeval character of the contest, saving it from the sulphurous associations of modern warfare that might be suggested by the name of devil-fish. No: the antagonist wore a coat-of-mail ...
— Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science, No. 23, February, 1873, Vol. XI. • Various
... same that is used at the reception of ambassadors, proceeded in this order. In the front marched the troop with the cornet in the van and the captain in the rear; next the troop came the twenty messengers or trumpets, the ballotins upon the curvet with their usher in the van, and the master of the horse in the rear; next the ballotins, Bronchus de Rauco, in the tribe of Bestia, king of the heralds, with his fraternity in their coats-of-arms, and next to Sir Bronchus, ...
— The Commonwealth of Oceana • James Harrington
... head of twenty horsemen to the camp of Atahualpa, which was at the distance of a league from Caxamarca, with orders to announce his arrival. On coming towards the presence of Atahualpa, Soto pushed his horse into a full career, making him prance and curvet to the great terror of many of the Peruvians, who ran away in a prodigious fright. Atahualpa was so much displeased at his subjects for their cowardice, that he ordered all who had run away from the horse to be immediately ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. IV. • Robert Kerr
... road. As they passed, he ran up the stone and was in the saddle before the animal realised that he was beaten, and when he did, it seemed to humble him to that degree that he never attempted even a curvet. ...
— Twixt France and Spain • E. Ernest Bilbrough
... their steeds plunge and curvet, apparently progressing at a rapid pace, but in reality gaining ...
— The Flag of Distress - A Story of the South Sea • Mayne Reid


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