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ciseaux

American  
[see-zoh] / siˈzoʊ /

noun

Ballet.

plural

ciseaux

  1. a jump in which the dancer's legs are opened wide in the air and closed on landing.

Etymology

Origin of ciseaux

1890–95; < French: literally, scissors

Example Sentences

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Again, when the lover, in a ballad common to France and to Scotland, cuts the winding-sheet from about his living bride—"il tira ses ciseaux d'or fin."

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

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