Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the manège, the action of a horse when he throws himself on his haunches two or three times, as in a very quick curvet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Man.) The action of a horse, when he throws himself on his haunches two or three times, bending himself, as it were, in very quick curvets.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
horse 's movement of throwing itself on itshaunches two or three times, bending in very quickcurvets .
Etymologies
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French, ultimately from Latin falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe.
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