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battements

battements is the plural of battement.

Meaning of battement

Noun

battement (plural battements)

  1. (ballet) A ballet move involving a beating action with an extended leg
    • […] he raised slowly his rounded arms, stretched them gracefully backward and forward, moved his feet with precision and lightness, took a few small steps, made some battements and pirouettes, and disappeared like a butterfly.1894, Arthur Machen, Memoirs of Casanova
  2. (obsolete) A thumping or beating sensation
    • Secondly, though there is an audible vertigo, as is known by the battement, or undulations of sound in the ears, which many vertiginous people experience[…].1796, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia, Vol. I

Questions about battements

What is battements the plural of?
Battements is the plural of battement.

Words near battements in the dictionary

  1. battelling
  2. battells
  3. battelly
  4. battels
  5. battement
  6. battements
  7. batten
  8. Batten disease
  9. batten down
  10. batten down the hatches
  11. battenberg

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