Real Dictionary

cabriole in American English
a leg of a table, chair, etc. that curves outward and then tapers inward down to the foot, often clawlike and grasping a ball
noun: a curved, tapering leg curving outward at the top and inward farther down so as to end in a round pad, the semblance of an animal's paw, or some other feature: used esp. in the first half of the 18th century

cabriole in British English
noun: a type of furniture leg, popular in the first half of the 18th century, in which an upper convex curve descends tapering to a concave curve