- corvettare
- cor·vet·tà·rev.intr. (io corvétto; avere)1. TS equit. di cavallo, avanzare eseguendo corvette2. OB estens., di persona o altro animale, camminare saltellando\DATA: av. 1597.
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Curvet — Cur vet, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Curveted} or { vetted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Curveting} or { vetting}.] [Cf. It. corvettare. See {Curvet}, n.] 1. To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. Oft and high he did curvet. Drayton. [1913 Webster] 2. To leap and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Curveted — Curvet Cur vet, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Curveted} or { vetted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Curveting} or { vetting}.] [Cf. It. corvettare. See {Curvet}, n.] 1. To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. Oft and high he did curvet. Drayton. [1913 Webster] 2. To leap … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Curveting — Curvet Cur vet, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Curveted} or { vetted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Curveting} or { vetting}.] [Cf. It. corvettare. See {Curvet}, n.] 1. To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. Oft and high he did curvet. Drayton. [1913 Webster] 2. To leap … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-vetted — Curvet Cur vet, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Curveted} or { vetted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Curveting} or { vetting}.] [Cf. It. corvettare. See {Curvet}, n.] 1. To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. Oft and high he did curvet. Drayton. [1913 Webster] 2. To leap … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-vetting — Curvet Cur vet, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Curveted} or { vetted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Curveting} or { vetting}.] [Cf. It. corvettare. See {Curvet}, n.] 1. To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. Oft and high he did curvet. Drayton. [1913 Webster] 2. To leap … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
courbette — [ kurbɛt ] n. f. • 1558; de courber 1 ♦ Manège Figure dans laquelle le cheval lève et fléchit les deux membres antérieurs sous le ventre. Les croupades et les courbettes. 2 ♦ Action de s incliner exagérément, avec une politesse obséquieuse. ⇒… … Encyclopédie Universelle
corvettato — cor·vet·tà·to p.pass. → corvettare … Dizionario italiano
cavort — ca|vort [kəˈvo:t US o:rt] v [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: Perhaps from curvet [i] to dance around (16 21 centuries), from Italian corvettare, from corvetta jump into the air , from French courber to curve ] to jump or dance around in a playful or… … Dictionary of contemporary English
