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pas de chat

[Fr. pahduh sha]
–noun, plural pas de chat. Ballet.
a jump of one foot over the other.

Origin:
1910–15; < F: cat step
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pas de chat   (shä)   
n.   pl. pas de chat
A ballet jump in which the feet are lifted, one after the other, to the level of the opposite knee.

[French : pas, step + de, of + chat, cat.]
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