curvet

«curvet» in Mova's school dictionary: A horse's leap or prance, with its forelegs raised — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (curvets); verb (curvets, curvetted, curvetting), US curveted

meaning for a pupil

1) A horse's leap or prance, with its forelegs raised. tree →

2) To curvet is to leap or prance about like a horse, in a showy way. (old use, riding term) tree →

sense in the lessons

in old tales of horses and knights, a horse leaps and prances to show off

examples

• The horse curvetted across the field. tree →
• The knight's steed curveted in the courtyard. tree →
• Her pony curvets when it hears the music. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «curvet» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.