cabriole

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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
The name given to chair or table legs in the style of the first half of the 18th century (Queen Anne, Early Georgian, Chippendale): the leg curves out at the knee and inwards towards the foot, tapering towards the bottom The foot may be a club, a claw-and-ball, a paw or scroll, and there may be a carved ornament on the knee such as the scallop shell or the lion motif
[n] style of leg in the shape of the hind leg of a deer or other leaping animal
legs which curve out from the seat & inward toward the foot in an S shape
A curvet; a leap
{s} curved
Cabriole leg
In furniture design, a curved leg with outcurved knee and incurved ankle. A signature design element of the Queen Anne style of furniture, the cabriole predates both 18th century England and Italy. The style originated in Italy and is a conventionalized representation of the rear leg of a leaping goat
Cabriole legs
plural form of Cabriole leg
cabriole

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    cab·ri·ole

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    () From French a goat's leap
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