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Curvet

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Noun

1. curvet, vaulting

a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down

Verb

2. curvet

perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse

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Curvet

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noun
1. dressage
a low leap with all four feet off the ground
verb -vets, -vetting, -vetted, -vets, -veting or -veted
2. dressage
to make or cause to make such a leap
3. (intransitive)
to prance or frisk about

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Curvet

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noun
1. 
in equestrian exhibitions, a movement in which a horse rears, then leaps forward, raising the hind legs just before the forelegs come down
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈcurˈvetted or ˈcurˈveted, ˈcurˈvetting or ˈcurˈveting
2. 
to make a curvet
verb transitive
3. 
to cause to curvet

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Curvet

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n.
A light leap by a horse, in which both hind legs leave the ground just before the forelegs are set down.
v. cur·vet·ted, cur·vet·ting, cur·vets or cur·vet·ed or cur·vet·ing
v.intr.
1. To leap in a curvet.
2. To prance; frolic.
v.tr.
To cause to leap in a curvet.

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