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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CABRIOLE,
CABRIOLET, n. A gig; a one horse chair, a light carriage.

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, caper Date: circa 1797 1. a ballet leap in which one leg is extended in midair and the other struck against it 2. a curved furniture leg ending in an ornamental foot

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a kind of curved leg characteristic of Queen Anne and Chippendale furniture. Etymology: F f. cabrioler, caprioler f. It. capriolare to leap in the air; from the resemblance to a leaping animal's foreleg: see CAPRIOLE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cabriole Cab"ri*ole, n. [F. See Cabriolet, and cf. Capriole.] (Man.) A curvet; a leap. See Capriole. The cabrioles which his charger exhibited. --Sir W. Scott.