ciseaux

[ see-zoh ]

noun

, Ballet.

, plural ci·seaux [see-, zohz, -, zoh].

1. a jump in which the dancer's legs are opened wide in the air and closed on landing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ciseaux¹

1890–95; < French: literally, scissors

Example Sentences

Again, when the lover, in a ballad common to France and to Scotland, cuts the winding-sheet from about his living bride—"il tira ses ciseaux d'or fin."

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Ciseaux—The scissors step: A point and swing with one foot while hopping twice on the other.

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And that reminds me of the question you asked in your last letter about Jules Ciseaux.

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Fidelia acted very well until we went over to the Ciseaux place.

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They were put there by a half-crazy old man who built the place, by the name of Ciseaux.

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