What does "poussette" mean?
Poussette: A movement, or part of a figure, in the contradance. Dickens.
Additional senses
- 2.To perform a certain movement in a dance. [R.] Tennyson. Down the middle, up again, poussette, and cross. J. & H. Smith.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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