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Answer for the clue "Ballerina's leap ", 8 letters:
cabriole

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Word definitions for cabriole in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A type of furniture leg used in certain ornate styles of furniture such as Queen Anne, having a double curve resembling the leg of an animal

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cabriole \Cab"ri*ole\, n. [F. See Cabriolet , and cf. Capriole .] (Man.) A curvet; a leap. See Capriole . The cabrioles which his charger exhibited. --Sir W. Scott.

Usage examples of cabriole.

It was a sort of boudoir or dressing-room, with a few pretty old portraits and miniatures, and a number of Louis Quatorze looking-glasses hung round, and such pretty quaint cabriole gilt and pale green furniture.

The table in the centre of the room was oval with cabriole legs and the four chairs arranged around it were upholstered to match the curtains.

He caught her by the hand, pulling her from the walnut writing chair with its ball and claw feet and cabriole legs.

I gave six thousand francs a month to little Cabriole of the Varieties.

This chair was Chippendale_see the square, tapered seat and cabriole leg.