‖ courbette
(kurbɛt)
[F. courbette, ad. It. corvetta ‘a coruet, a sault, a prancing or continuall dancing of a horse’ (Florio).]
= curvet.
| a 1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1886) 74, A demivolte with courbettes..may be useful in a fight or mêlée. 1823 Scott Peveril vii, The horse made a courbette, and brought the full weight of his chest against the counter of the other. |