cabriolet

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a car with a roof that folds down or can be removed

   They rented a cabriolet and drove along the coast with the roof lowered.

2. 2
   noun

   a light horse-drawn carriage, typically with two wheels and a folding hood

   The traveler hired a cabriolet for the final miles to the estate.

Borrowed from French cabriolet, from cabriole, 'a leap or caper,' ultimately related to Italian capriola, 'a goat's leap.' The light carriage was named for its springing motion. Cab is a shortening of cabriolet, and the name later passed from folding-top carriages to convertible motorcars.

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