port de bras

[pawr duh bra]

noun

Ballet.

1. (used with a singular verb),  the technique of moving the arms properly.

2. (used with a plural verb),  the exercises for developing this technique.

Word History and Origins

Origin of port de bras¹

1910–15; < French: carriage of arm

Example Sentences

We’d float them above our heads in port de bras.

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She was showing it to us, humming the music under her breath as she moved through the port de bras and pique turns.

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Not quite to second position port de bras.

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To move through the sweeping gestures of a grand port de bras, the aching lift of an arabesque.

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Surrounded by Nets players, Tatum stretches into the air, his arm extending toward the basket in an elegant port de bras.

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