1. a movement performed in classical riding, in which the horse leaps from the ground and kicks out with its hind legs.
▪ a leap or caper in dancing, especially a cabriole.
Word Originlate 16th century: from obsolete French (now cabriole), from Italian capriola ‘leap’, from capriolo ‘roebuck’, from Latin capreolus, diminutive of caper, capr- ‘goat’.