corvet
corvet is the obsolete spelling of corvette.
corvet is the archaic form of curvet.
Meaning of corvette
Noun
corvette (plural corvettes)
- A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier of guns; it ranked next below a frigate; called in the United States navy a sloop-of-war.
- In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of transoceanic duty.
- A starship of comparable role
Meaning of curvet
Noun
curvet (plural curvets)
- A particular leap in which a horse raises both forelegs at once, equally advanced, and, as the forelegs are falling, raises the hind legs, so that all the legs are in the air at once.
- Complexion and constitution are alike revived by a drive in the Park—a white glove rests on the carriage window—and some 'gallant gray' or chestnut Arabian is curbed into curvets and foam by its whispering master.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 93
- A prank; a frolic.
Forms of corvet
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | corvets |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | corvets |
| present participle | corveting |
| present participle | corvetting |
| past participle | corveted |
| past | corveted |
| past participle | corvetted |
| past | corvetted |
Questions about corvet
- What is corvet the obsolete spelling of?
- Corvet is the obsolete spelling of corvette.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: corvet (page history and authors); corvette (page history and authors); curvet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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