pous·sette (pōō-sět') n. A country-dance figure in which couples or a couple join hands and swing around the floor.
[French, pushpin, diminutive of obsolete pousse, a push, from pousser, to push, from Old French poulser, pousser, to push, from Latin pulsāre, frequentative of pellere, to push; see pel-5 in Indo-European roots.]