cabriole

Related to cabriole: Cabriole leg

cab·ri·ole

(kăb′rē-ōl′)

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.]

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cabriole

(ˈkæbrɪˌəʊl)

1. (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 curve

2. (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]

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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]

Translations

cabriole

n (of table etc) → geschwungenes or geschweiftes Bein

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