developpé

de·vel·op·pé

[dih-vel-uh-pey; French devuh-law-pey]
noun, plural de·vel·op·pés [-peyz; French -pey] .
a movement in ballet in which the free leg is drawn up beside the working leg and then extended into the air.

Origin:
1910–15; < French, past participle of développer to develop

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