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noun a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down
verb perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse
originFrom Italian corvetta, diminutive of corva, an early form of curva (“curve”), from Latin curva, feminine of curvus (“bent, curved”).
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