Found 2 hits - Term: curvetting, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : WordNet (r) 2.0
curvetting
see curvet
see also:
curvet
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
curvet
n : a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the
ground before the forelegs come down syn: vaulting
v : perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of
a horse
also: curvetting, curvetted
see also:
vaulting curvetting curvetted
Results 1 - 10 of 18 found about curvetting: ROTK Note
...From the other side rode Zhang He on a curvetting steed. The two ... I just looked up "curvetting" and it basically means Zhang He's horse ... ..
http://www.threekingdoms.com/note.php?p=4328, score=100, date indexed=December 7, 2005, 4:10 am Wordsmyth
...curvetted [or] curveted, curvetting [or] curveting, curvets. . ... curvetted [or] curveted, curvetting [or] curveting, curvets. . ... ..
http://www.wordsmyth.net/live/home.php?script=search&matchent=curvet&matchtype=exact, score=62, date indexed=January 4, 2006, 11:51 pm AskOxford: curvet
...noun a graceful or energetic leap. verb (curvetted, curvetting or ... ..
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/curvet?view=uk, score=37, date indexed=January 5, 2006, 12:11 am Chapter lxiii - THE CROTCH
...page 289 terror, skittishly curvetting about both boat and whale, ... ..
http://www.princeton.edu/~batke/moby/moby_063.html, score=37, date indexed=January 3, 2006, 4:13 pm ROTK Note
...Horses curvetting and spears set, the army dashed in irresistibly, and ... ..
http://www.threekingdoms.com/note.php?p=1215, score=37, date indexed=November 5, 2005, 11:43 pm Chapter An Inspired Lobbyist of An Inspired Lobbyist by John W. De Forest
...... preceded by citizen soldiers, straddling or curvetting through the mud ... ..
http://www.bibliomania.com/0/5/229/830/8603/1.html, score=37, date indexed=November 19, 2005, 6:34 am ROTK Note
...... came a youthful leader armed with a spear, riding a curvetting steed. ... ..
http://www.threekingdoms.com/note.php?p=12817, score=37, date indexed=December 6, 2005, 9:09 am ROTK Note
...... riding a curvetting steed, and leading ten other horsemen. Without ... ..
http://www.threekingdoms.com/note.php?p=5932, score=37, date indexed=December 7, 2005, 10:16 pm Georgian Poetry 1911-12 by Anonymous
...Like swimming glee of fishes scaled in gold,. Curvetting in thwart ... ..
http://www.manybooks.net/titles/anonetext058grgp10.html, score=37, date indexed=December 7, 2005, 1:15 pm First World War.com - Prose & Poetry - The Muse in Arms - Light After Darkness
...By spark-tailed lights, curvetting far and high,. Swift smoke-flecked ... ..
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