curvettern.

Brit.

/kəːˈvɛtə/, U.S.

/kərˈvɛdər/

Forms: 1600s 1900s– curvetter, 1800s curveter Brit.

/ˈkəːvᵻtə/, U.S.

/ˈkərvədər/.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: curvet v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < curvet v. + -er suffix¹.

rare.

A curvetting horse. Also (occasionally) in extended use: a person who capers or dances.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [noun] > leap > horse that leaps or prances

prancer?1566

curvetter1678

leaper1774

jumper1886

1678 J. P. tr. J. Johnstone Descr. Nature Four-footed Beasts i. i. 1/2 Keles, and Azyx is a Horse when back'd; some say a generous one, some a saddle Horse, or a bare Horse; some, but mistaking, a curvetter [L. desultorium].

1840 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley xxxiii, in Dublin Univ. Mag. Sept. 358/2 The management of your arching necked curveter.

1907 Queensland Agric. Jrnl. 19 184 In the past too much has been done in the production of a lanky racer and a showy curvetter, but now the Queensland horse-breeder is fixing the more serviceable breeds.

1924 Philol. Q. 3 247 Here is grace and skill on the back of a spirited curvetter.

2003 B. Johnson in Daily Tel. 28 Nov. (Weekend section) 2/7 So, my fellow rugcutters and curvetters, what did Ulrika teach me, apart from ‘Think snake’?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	curvetter
释义	curvettern. Brit. /kəːˈvɛtə/, U.S. /kərˈvɛdər/ Forms: 1600s 1900s– curvetter, 1800s curveter Brit. /ˈkəːvᵻtə/, U.S. /ˈkərvədər/. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: curvet v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < curvet v. + -er suffix¹. rare. A curvetting horse. Also (occasionally) in extended use: a person who capers or dances. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [noun] > leap > horse that leaps or prances prancer?1566 curvetter1678 leaper1774 jumper1886 1678 J. P. tr. J. Johnstone Descr. Nature Four-footed Beasts i. i. 1/2 Keles, and Azyx is a Horse when back'd; some say a generous one, some a saddle Horse, or a bare Horse; some, but mistaking, a curvetter [L. desultorium]. 1840 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley xxxiii, in Dublin Univ. Mag. Sept. 358/2 The management of your arching necked curveter. 1907 Queensland Agric. Jrnl. 19 184 In the past too much has been done in the production of a lanky racer and a showy curvetter, but now the Queensland horse-breeder is fixing the more serviceable breeds. 1924 Philol. Q. 3 247 Here is grace and skill on the back of a spirited curvetter. 2003 B. Johnson in Daily Tel. 28 Nov. (Weekend section) 2/7 So, my fellow rugcutters and curvetters, what did Ulrika teach me, apart from ‘Think snake’? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1678
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