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.

2. To leap and frisk; to frolic. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)