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chassé
[ sha-seyor, especially in square dancing, sa-shey ]
noun
- a gliding step in which one foot is kept in advance of the other.
verb (used without object)
- to execute a chassé.
chassé
/ ˈʃæseɪ /
noun
- one of a series of gliding steps in ballet in which the same foot always leads
- three consecutive dance steps, two fast and one slow, to four beats of music
verb
- intr to perform either of these steps
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chassé1
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Example Sentences
Nos gens outre le labourage & iardinage, avoient l'exercice de la chasse, de la pcherie, & de leurs fortifications.
La chasse aussi ne se trouve pas foison en vn lieu o il faut viure de cela, & o l'on fait vne demeure arreste.
Et est cette chasse beaucoup plus certaine que celle des bois.
By this time, however, the chasse marees were under full sail, and were rapidly following in pursuit.
From all quarters news was pouring in of the hopeless disruption of the power of the English after the Chasse de Patay.
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