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cabriole
[< F "carriage"]
Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Spelling variants:cabriolle
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n.
originally, a light open sleigh used in French Canada, drawn by one or two horses (sometimes by dogs), and having a seat for the driver.
See: cariole ((n.))(def. 1)
Quotations
1816
During winter it is a favorite amusement . . . to drive in a cabriolle, a very comfortable open carriage, set on runners. . . .
1827
It being Sunday, and the day fine and pleasant, numbers of farmers and others, and fine veiled females in gigs, cabrioles, and Jersey waggons, were dashing along. . . .