Etymology

cabriole

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Today it means: A type of furniture leg used in certain ornate styles of furniture such as Queen Anne, having a double curve resembling the leg of an animal. Full definition →

French cabriole
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  1. French · borrowed fromcabriole
  2. French · borrowed fromcabriole
  3. English todaycabriole

Borrowed from French cabriole (“a goat's leap”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchcabriole all →

Cabriole leg

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.