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Definition of Cabriole
1. n. A curvet; a leap. See Capriole.
Definition of Cabriole
1. 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 ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cabriole
1. a curved furniture leg [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cabriole
Literary usage of Cabriole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture by Arthur Hayden (1912)
"CHAPTER VI EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STYLES The advent of the cabriole leg—The so-called
Queen Anne style—The survival of oak in the provinces ..."
2. How to Know Period Styles in Furniture: A Brief History of Furniture from by William Lowing Kimerly (1913)
"... Slip Seat and cabriole Legs, with Ball Claw-foot and Shell Carving at Knee,
about 1710. Queen Anne Carved Chair, in South Kensington Museum, London. ..."
3. De Luxe Illustrated Catalogue of the Extensive and Very Valuable Artistic ...by Luigi Orselli, Horace Townsend, American Art Association by Luigi Orselli, Horace Townsend, American Art Association (1921)
"... with carved and molded frames, carved, molded and voluted arms on carved
supports, serpentine seat fronts with scrolled aprons and cabriole legs. ..."
4. Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1821)
"Dillon is coming in a cabriole: his thigh is already broken—let's ... The cabriole
soon appeared; the General was in it without a hat, with a calm and firm ..."
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