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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cab•ri•ole (kab′rē ōl′; Fr. ka brē ôl′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -oles (-ōlz′; Fr. -ôl′).USA pronunciation - [Furniture.]a curved, tapering leg curving outward at the top and inward farther down so as to end in a round pad, the semblance of an animal's paw, or some other feature: used esp. in the first half of the 18th century.
- [Ballet.]a leap in which one leg is raised in the air and the other is brought up to beat against it.
- French: leap, caper; so called because modeled on leg of a capering animal (see capriole); b by influence of cabri kid ( Old Provencal) and kindred words
- 1775–85
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cabriole /ˈkæbrɪˌəʊl/ n - 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 curve
Etymology: 18th Century: from French, from cabrioler to caper; from its being based on the leg of a capering animal; see cabriolet |