curvet
verb
[ kəːˈvɛt ]
• (of a horse) perform a series of jumps on the hind legs.
curvet
noun
• a graceful or energetic leap.
• "he sprang from the ice in a swift, frisky curvet"
Origin:
late 16th century: from Italian corvetta, diminutive of corva, earlier form of curva ‘a curve’, from Latin curvus ‘bent’.
