n.
Pronunciation: ' ka-pr ē - ˌ ō l
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French or Old Italian; Middle French capriole, from Old Italian capriola, from capriolo roebuck, from Latin capreolus goat, roebuck, from capr-, caper he-goat; akin to Old English hæfer goat, Greek kapros wild boar
Date: 1594
1 : a playful leap : CAPER
2 of a trained horse : a vertical leap with a backward kick of the hind legs at the height of the leap
– capriole intransitive verb