A convertible car with a folding soft top, or historically, a light two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with a hood. The term emphasizes the open-air driving experience.
From French cabriolet, diminutive of cabriole meaning 'goat's leap', from Italian capriola. Originally described the bouncing motion of a light carriage, later applied to convertible automobiles in the early 20th century.
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