Meaning of Cabriolet | Babel Free
kæ.bɹi.əˈleɪDefinitions
- An automobile with a retractable top.
- A light two- or four-wheeled carriage with a folding top, pulled by a single horse.
Equivalents
Examples
“Bodywise, the car suffers from the demon rust badly, too. Look⟳ at the wings, the door bottoms, boot, and, on cabriolets especially, the inner doors and door pillar rears.”
“Of late years, cabriolets, and English stanhopes, and tilburys, have⟳ been introduced into St. Petersburgh; but the real national carriage for the town is the Droshky.”
“"I think⟳," said Isabella, startling Louisa, who had been watching the cabriolet down the street, "that Lady Penrhyn might have⟳ asked you to go with mamma."”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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