courbette
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French courbette.
Noun
[edit]courbette (plural courbettes)
- A movement in dressage in which the horse makes a series of jumps on the hind legs with the forelegs in the air.
- Synonym: curvet
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]courbette f (plural courbettes)
- (low) bow (prostration)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “courbette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.