cabriolet

Definition

An automobile with a retractable top.

Etymology

Borrowed from French cabriolet.

Example Sentences

• "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.""