curvet

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Tigers walk treadmills, horses curvet superbly and Harry Rittely sits atop seven tables and topples over backwards.

From Time Magazine Archive

Elizabeth's Winston, pestered by a swarm of thunder flies, began to curvet alarmingly.

From Time Magazine Archive

How proudly the slender lady sat, allowing her black horse to curvet!

From Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von

By so doing, the mouth of the horse receives a jerk which seldom fails to make it rear and curvet from side to side.

From The Frontier Fort Stirring Times in the N-West Territory of British America by Friston, D. H.

There they go, prancing over the ground, causing their gaily caparisoned steeds to caper and curvet, especially in front of the tiers of seated señoritas.

From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by Evans, L.