saut de basque

[ French soh duh bask ]

noun

, Ballet.

, plural sauts de basque [soh d, uh, , bask],

1. a jump in which the dancer turns in the air while keeping the foot of one leg drawn up to the knee of the other.

Word History and Origins

Origin of saut de basque¹

1945–50; < French: literally, Basque jump