cabriole

Related to cabriole: Cabriole leg

cab·ri·ole

C0007900 (kăb′rē-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.]

cabriole

(ˈkæbrɪˌəʊl) n1. (Furniture) Also called: cabriole leg a type of furniture leg, popular in the first half of the 18th century, in which an upper convex curve descends tapering to a concave curve2. (Ballet) ballet a leap in the air with one leg outstretched and the other beating against it[C18: from French, from cabrioler to caper; from its being based on the leg of a capering animal; see cabriolet]

cab•ri•ole

(ˈkæb riˌoʊl)

n. a leap by a ballet dancer in which one leg is raised in the air and the other is brought up to beat against it. [1800–10; < French: leap, caper, alter. of capriole; see capriole]
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