assemblé

 [Fr. a-sahn-bley]  

as·sem·blé

   [Fr. a-sahn-bley]
noun, plural as·sem·blés  [Fr. -bley] . Ballet.
a jump in which the dancer throws one leg up, springs off the other, and lands with both feet together.
Origin:
< French, past participle of assembler to assemble
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assemblé (asɑ̃ble)
 
—n
ballet a sideways leap in which the feet come together in the air in preparation for landing
 
[literally: brought together]

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