cabriole

noun

cab·ri·ole | \ˈka-brē-ˌōl

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Definition of cabriole

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

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Kuranaga’s Sylphide was ethereal in her back cabrioles and ronds de jambes but dead serious in her love for James. — Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, "Boston Ballet has the measure of Bournonville in ‘La Sylphide’," 25 May 2018 Whatever's going on, the cabriole chair legs dance around that deconstructivist table. — Douglas Brenner, House Beautiful, "Garrow Kedigian on Transforming a Classic New York Apartment," 9 Dec. 2013

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