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Ballet step
Answer for the clue "Ballet step ", 6 letters:
coupee
Word definitions for coupee in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A motion in dance, when one leg is a little bent and raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion is made.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Coupee \Cou*pee"\ (k[=oo]*p[=e]"; F. k[=oo]`p[asl]"), n. [F. coup['e], n., properly p. p. of couper to cut. Cf. Coup['e] , Coopee .] A motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent, and raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion ...
Usage examples of coupee.
Knowing himself to be nearly done, he attempted a botte coupee, feinting in high carte and thrusting in a low tierce.
Ascending on the left, a flood was pouring in through and over the levees on the Chandler plantation, the most northern point in Pointe Coupee parish.