chassé

[ sha-sey or, esp. in square dancing, sa-shey ]

/ ʃæˈseɪ or, esp. in square dancing, sæˈʃeɪ /

Dance.

noun

a gliding step in which one foot is kept in advance of the other.

verb (used without object), chas·séd, chas·sé·ing.

to execute a chassé.

Nearby words

chasse gardée, chassepot, chasseur, chassid, chassis, chassé, chaste, chaste tree, chasten, chastise, chastisement

Origin of chassé

1795–1805; < French: literally, chased, followed, past participle of chasser to chase¹

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Examples from the Web for chasse

Our gallant friend, apparently chagrined that we should have been disappointed in our fishing, proposed a chasse.
Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II|G. R. Gleig
Whilst the French were pitching their fulgara into Chasse's citadel, the bells went on ringing quite cheerfully.
Roundabout Papers|William Makepeace Thackeray
Then half a bottle of red wine, a demi-syphon, and a caf and chasse.
Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, September 7, 1895|Various
She had relinquished years before the chasse for personal excitement; she had replaced it by 'the chasse of the five-franc piece.'
The History of David Grieve|Mrs. Humphry Ward

Oh, yes, sare, I have been at the chasse of de small dicky-bird—tom-tit—cock-robin—vot you call.
Ask Momma|R. S. Surtees

British Dictionary definitions for chasse

chassé

/ (ˈʃæseɪ) /

noun

one of a series of gliding steps in ballet in which the same foot always leads

three consecutive dance steps, two fast and one slow, to four beats of music

verb -sés, -séing or -séd

(intr) to perform either of these steps

Word Origin for chassé

C19: from French: a chasing

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