Cabriole leg

短语

发音

US /ˈkæb.ɹi.oʊl/

词形变化

Cabriole legs 复数 Cabriole legs

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

词源

From French cabriole (“goat's leap”), from Italian capriola.

来源:wiktionary