[k?:'v?t]
¦ noun a graceful or energetic leap.
¦ verb (curvets, curvetting, curvetted or curvets, curveting, curveted) leap gracefully or energetically.
?(of a horse) perform a courbette.
Origin
C16: from Ital. corvetta, dimin. of corva, earlier form of curva 'a curve', from L. curvus 'bent'.