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Definition of Curveting
1. curvet [v] - See also: curvet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curveting
Literary usage of Curveting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1880)
"... it is hardly probable that the Spaniards came with such regal pageantry and
in such gorgeous apparel, or mounted on such a prodigious curveting steed, ..."
2. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1881)
"... it is hardly probable that the Spaniards came with such regal pageantry and
in such gorgeous apparel, or mounted on such a prodigious curveting steed, ..."
3. The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England: Including the Rural and by Joseph Strutt (1876)
"... and curveting of horses was counterfeited in the hobby-horse, the usual
concomitant of the morris- dance. I have already spoken on this subject;' and ..."
4. The Correspondence of Thomas Gray and William Mason: To which are Added Some by Thomas Gray, William Mason (1853)
"... prancing and curveting* like the hobby- horses in the Rehearsal, ushered in
the courses to the foot of the haut-pas. Between the courses the Champion ..."
5. Hazen's Fourth Reader by Marshman William Hazen (1895)
"arrowy flights, she would come curveting back; now, pacing sidewise as on parade;
now, dashing her hind feet high into the air; and, finally, would approach ..."
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