n. a kind of curved leg characteristic of Queen Anne and Chippendale furniture.
[ F f. cabrioler, caprioler f. It. capriolare to leap in the air; from the resemblance to a leaping animal's foreleg: see CAPRIOLE ]
n. a kind of curved leg characteristic of Queen Anne and Chippendale furniture.
[ F f. cabrioler, caprioler f. It. capriolare to leap in the air; from the resemblance to a leaping animal's foreleg: see CAPRIOLE ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012