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emboîté

[ French ahn-bwa-tey ]

noun

, Ballet.
, plural em·boî·tés [ah, n, -bw, a, -, tey].
  1. a step, performed in series, in which the dancer stands on the toes with legs together and then springs up, swinging one foot out and around to the front of the other.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of emboîté1

< French: literally, boxed in, past participle of emboîter; em- 1, boîte

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