'Cabriolet' is a word borrowed from French 'cabriole'. The word entered the English language some time around 1770.
cabriolet [noun] [1770]
- a light 2-wheeled one-horse carriage with a folding leather hood, a large apron, and upward-curving shafts
- a convertible coupe
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Etymology: French, from diminutive of 'cabriole' caper, alteration of Middle French 'capriole'
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