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Tableaux vivants

Tableau vivant \Ta`bleau" vi`vant"\; pl. Tableaux vivants. Same as Tableau, n., 2.

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tableaux vivants

n. (tableau vivant English)

Usage examples of "tableaux vivants".

On the pier several escapees from the clownery presented classical tableaux vivants for our edification.

The roar of guns, that had not ceased for ten hours, wearied the ear and gave a peculiar significance to the spectacle, as music does to tableaux vivants.

Moreover, he frequented the gardens of Versailles and organized tableaux vivants or pageants in which he and his cronies wore eighteenth-century costume.