ronde
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ronde
1830–40; < French, noun use of feminine of rond round 1
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During the 90-minute class, instructor Jessica Jaye Mackinson taught us to chassé, sauté, ronde de jambe and grand battement, a fancy French word for a three-sided kick.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2017
One of the most famous films of this kind is La ronde, the first of the four masterpieces made by Max Ophüls after his return to Europe in 1950.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 11, 2012
The party leaders want to avoid these dilemmas and play the game as it has always been played in France, as an endless ronde of Premiers, with every middle-ground group getting a chance at office.
From Time Magazine Archive
The streets also were extremely narrow, though a wide passage way, known as the chemin du ronde, surrounded the town, between the houses and the palisade.
From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Francis Parkman
A broad passageway, the chemin du ronde, lay next to the palisade, and on little narrow streets at the center the houses were grouped closely together.
From The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond by Frederic Austin Ogg
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