单词 | cabriole |
释义 | cabriolen. 1. ΚΠ 1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα ii. v. 153 I shall not need by particular instances further to demonstrate to You..the strange pranks, cabrioles, or freaks, which the vulgar wantonnesse hath plaid of late years, under the colour and confidence of liberty in Religion. b. A leap or caper; (Ballet and Dance) a jump in which the dancer touches the calves of the legs together in the air. Cf. capriole n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [noun] > movements entrechat1706 pirouette1706 sissonne1706 batterie1712 cabriole1753 ballonné1760 balancé?1770 brisé1786 ballotté1802 rond de jambe1824 petit battement1828 battement1830 elevation1830 fouetté1830 jeté1830 changement de pied1840 développé1888 temps1890 pas de ciseaux1892 plié1892 changement1905 beat1913 ciseaux1913 glissé1913 ouvert1913 allegro1914 pas de chat1914 pas de cheval1916 soubresaut1916 grand jeté1919 lift1921 toe-dancing1924 pointwork1925 posé1927 jeté en tournant1930 tour1930 extension1934 tour jeté1935 fondu1939 retiré1941 chaîné1946 soutenu1947 passé1948 saut1948 contretemps1952 promenade1953 piqué1954 gargouillade1957 1753 tr. ‘L'Esprit Fort’ Deist Triumphant vi. 43 Not to mention Man's wonderful Equilibriums on the tight and flight Ropes, the Cabrioles and Capers he cuts on the Stage. ?1766 G.-A. Gallini Crit. Observ. Art of Dancing 162 The cabriole is the crossing, or cutting of capers, during the leap, before the return of the feet of the ground. 1805 F. Peacock Sketches Dancing 110 The steps may be accompanied with bendings, risings, leaps, cabrioles. 1952 Ballet Ann. 6 126/2 Eglevsky's special talent for hanging calmly in the air for an unbelievable moment during his cabrioles. 2012 Chalk May 70/3 Although not technically hip-hop, the occasional cabriole and pirouette was a breath of fresh air. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > special movements performed by trained horse > [noun] > types of jump > capriole goat's leap?1561 capriolec1605 goat-leap1658 cabriole1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Salts A Step and a Salt is an high Air, wherein the Horse rising, makes a Curvet between Two Salts, or Cabrioles. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. viii. 103 The occasional cabrioles which his charger exhibited. View more context for this quotation 1895 Sci. Amer. 14 Dec. 373/3 Fig. 6 shows the cabriole, an exercise that can be performed only by first-class riders. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > light carriage > with hood calash1666 cabriole1756 cabriolet1760 shandrydan1820 chariotee1825 Victoria1870 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) vii. 191 He first played away the boy's little chaise and horses, called a cabrioll, and then no less than £4000. 1827 Morning Post 11 Jan. Horses to be sold... A Chesnut and a Brown, for cabrioles. 4. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > armchair > small cabriole1771 1771 Public Advertiser 9 Dec. A Sopha, Cabriole, Back-stools, and other carved Ch[a]irs. 1851 Boston Daily Atlas 7 May 20 rich Couches, Tete-a-tete, Cabrioles, &c. all carved blk walnut frames. b. A cabriole leg; (also) the curved shape or style of a cabriole leg. See cabriole leg n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] > parts of furniture generally > leg or support leg1616 Marlborough leg1788 therm1788 monopodium1807 cabriole leg1844 pedestal1851 cabriole1888 sabre leg1952 1888 Liverpool Mercury 7 Feb. 4/1 (advt.) Eight well-finished rosewood chairs with..cabrioles. 1920 M. Percival Old Eng. Furn. & Surroundings ii. 58 The turned and scrolled legs of the early part of the period were soon superseded by the cabriole. 1999 Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair: 1999 Handbk. 147 The length of the leg, together with the attractive rake of the cabriole, make for a chair of exceptional lightness and elegance. Compounds As a modifier, with the sense ‘designating an item of furniture having cabriole legs (see cabriole leg n.); of or relating to this style of furniture’. ΚΠ 1769 Public Advertiser 6 Nov. Sophas, French Elbow and Cabriole Chairs. 1856 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 4 June Cabriole, Marlborough, and Grecian Sofas, Couches, and Easy Chairs. 1872 London Society Feb. 100/1 With a step or two she placed herself before a little cabriole-table. 1900 Isle of Man Times 10 Feb. 8/4 Dining-room—Walnut cabriole Cabinet (a very handsome piece of furniture). 1922 H. A. Tipping (title) English furniture of the Cabriole Period. 2008 Washington Post (Nexis) 31 Aug. m4 The chair's legs recall the complex, cabriole curves of seating you might see in Colonial Williamsburg. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1659 |
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