cabriole

Noun

cab=ri=ole

CIDE DICTIONARY

cabriole, n. [F. See Cabriolet, and cf. Capriole.].

A curvet; a leap. See Capriole. [1913 Webster]

"The cabrioles which his charger exhibited." [1913 Webster]

cabriole, n. a kind of curved leg characteristic of Queen Anne and Chippendale furniture.

Etymology

F f. cabrioler, caprioler f. It. capriolare to leap in the air; from the resemblance to a leaping animal's foreleg: see CAPRIOLE