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| cab·ri·ole [ kábbree l ] (plural cab·ri·oles) |
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1. furniture leg: a curving furniture leg tapering into a decorative foot, popular in the early 18th century
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2. ballet movement: a ballet movement in which the dancer leaps into the air with one leg outstretched sideways and the other beating against it
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| [Late 18th century. < French, "leap" < cabrioler, variant of caprioler "to caper"] |
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