chassé
[sha-sey or, esp. in square dancing, sa-shey]Dance.
- a gliding step in which one foot is kept in advance of the other.
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- to execute a chassé.
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Origin of chassé
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Yes, my dear cousin, you possess a part right over Chasse Loups.
Sir Jasper CarewCharles James Lever
Hang it, thought I, have they gone off to the chasse without me?
Arthur O'LearyCharles James Lever
“It is why I asked for my transfer to chasse,” he told me afterward.
High AdventureJames Norman Hall
We were soon convinced, however, that the lugger in sight was a chasse marée.
Salt WaterW. H. G. Kingston
Then half a bottle of red wine, a demi-syphon, and a caf and chasse.
chassé
- 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
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- (intr) to perform either of these steps
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Word Origin
C19: from French: a chasing
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Word Origin and History for chasse
n.
from French chassé "chase, chasing," past participle of chasser "to chase, hunt" (see chase (v.)); borrowed 19c. in a variety of senses and expressions, such as "chaser" (in the drinking sense), short for chasse-café, literally "coffee-chaser." Also as a dance step (1867).
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