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port de bras

port de bras noun: an exercise in which the arms are moved to different positions, sometimes also incorporating upper-body movements.

Noun

port de bras

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

Origin of port de bras

From French port de bras (literally “carriage of the arms”).

Questions about port de bras

What does port de bras mean?
Port de bras means an exercise in which the arms are moved to different positions, sometimes also incorporating upper-body movements.
What part of speech is port de bras?
Port de bras is a noun.

Words near port de bras in the dictionary

  1. Port Clarence
  2. Port Clinton
  3. Port Clyde
  4. Port Coquitlam
  5. Port Costa
  6. port de bras
  7. Port Dickson
  8. Port Dinorwic
  9. Port du Salut
  10. Port Dundas
  11. Port Eglinton

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