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cabriole

UK/ˈkæbɹɪˌəʊl/US/ˈkæbɹiˌoʊl/

cabriole noun: 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.

cabriole: a type of furniture leg used in certain ornate styles of furniture such as Queen Anne, having a...
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Noun

cabriole (plural cabrioles)

  1. 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.
    • It has been repaired in places, like a lot of period furniture, but it retains its original finish, […] along with splendid cabriole legs with claw-and-ball feet.2009 January 23, Benjamin Genocchio, “A Winter Wonderland of Old and Modern Invites Meandering”, in New York Times

cabriole meaning in Tamil

cabriole in Tamil

தட்டுமுட்டுப் பொருள்களின் வளைகால் பாணி, வளைகாலுள்ள

Forms of cabriole

pluralcabrioles

Origin of cabriole

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

Phrases with cabriole

Questions about cabriole

What does cabriole mean?
Cabriole 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.
What is cabriole in Tamil?
Cabriole in Tamil is தட்டுமுட்டுப் பொருள்களின் வளைகால் பாணி, வளைகாலுள்ள. See Cabriole meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cabriole?
Cabriole is a noun.
How do you pronounce cabriole?
Cabriole is pronounced /ˈkæbɹɪˌəʊl/ (UK).
What is the plural of cabriole?
The plural of cabriole is cabrioles.

Words near cabriole in the dictionary

  1. cabrie
  2. cabries
  3. cabriite
  4. cabrilla
  5. cabrillas
  6. cabriole
  7. Cabriole leg
  8. Cabriole legs
  9. cabrioles
  10. cabriolet
  11. cabriolets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cabriole (page history and authors); cabriole (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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