cab·ri·ole 
(kăbrē-ōl′)
(kăbrē-ōl′)n.
A form of furniture leg that curves outward and then narrows downward into an ornamental foot, characteristic of Queen Anne and Chippendale furniture.
[French, caper (from its resemblance to the foreleg of a capering animal); see CABRIOLET.]
cabriolec. 1770 American mahogany
side chair