Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Cabriolet

Cabriolet , noun

[French, dim. of cabriole a leap, caper, from Italian capriola, from dim. of Latin caper he-goat, capra she-goat. This carriage is so called from its skipping lightness. Compare Cab, Caper a leap.]

A one-horse carriage with two seats and a calash top.