cabriolet

2 definitions found

cabriolet - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cabriolet \Cab`ri*o*let"\, n. [F., dim. of cabriole a leap,
     caper, from It. capriola, fr. dim. of L. caper he-goat, capra
     she-goat. This carriage is so called from its skipping
     lightness. Cf. Cab, Caper a leap.]
     A one-horse carriage with two seats and a calash top.
     [1913 Webster]

cabriolet - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cabriolet
      n 1: small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and
           a folding hood [syn: cab, cabriolet]