"The fighters revolved about each other in swift curvets and gambados, their blades flashing and grating..."
-The Daughter of Erlik Khan
Curvet
cur·vet.
[kərˈvet]
VERB
curvets (third person present)
1.(of a horse) leap gracefully or energetically.
NOUN
curvets (plural noun)
1.a graceful or energetic leap.
ORIGIN
late 16th cent.: from Italian corvetta, diminutive of corva, earlier form of curva ‘a curve,’ from Latin curvus ‘bent.’
Gambado
gam·ba·do1.
[ɡamˈbāˌdō, ɡamˈbäˌdō]
NOUN
gambados (plural noun)
a leap or bound, especially an exaggerated one.
ORIGIN
early 19th cent.: from Spanish gambada, from gamba ‘leg.’
gam·ba·do2.
[ɡamˈbāˌdō, ɡamˈbäˌdō]
NOUN
gambados (plural noun)
a gaiter, typically one attached to a saddle to protect a rider's leg from the weather.
ORIGIN
mid 17th cent.: from Italian gamba ‘leg’ + -ado.
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