port de bras
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
French port de bras (literally “carriage of the arms”)
Noun[edit]
port de bras
- (ballet) An exercise in which the arms are moved to different positions, sometimes also incorporating upper-body movements.
- 1991 April 6, Ron Caldwell, “Kind of Stranger”, in Gay Community News, page 16:
- As a physical presence, nevertheless, he can bourree with the best of them and packs a mean port-de-bras.