tombé

[ tom-bey; French tawn-bey ]

/ tɒmˈbeɪ; French tɔ̃ˈbeɪ /

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noun, plural tom·bés

[tom-beyz; French tawn-bey]. /tɒmˈbeɪz; French tɔ̃ˈbeɪ/. Ballet.

a step in which a dancer falls from one leg to the other, landing with all the weight on the foot that has just moved, while flexing the knee.

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Origin of tombé

<French: fallen, past participle of tomber to fall

When Col. Tombe asked Neubauer what she wanted, she said that she wanted to stay in the Air Force and go back to weather school.
Spies, Lies, and Rape in the Air Force: An Undercover Agent's Story|Jacob Siegel|March 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On December 9, 2013, Norris met with Neubauer, her squadron commander Lt Col. Betsy Ross, Col. Tombe, and others.
Spies, Lies, and Rape in the Air Force: An Undercover Agent's Story|Jacob Siegel|March 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When Col. Tombe pushed back, Norris says she pulled out a copy of an Air Force Times.
Spies, Lies, and Rape in the Air Force: An Undercover Agent's Story|Jacob Siegel|March 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I wish him better, But much I fear h'as found his tombe already, We must observe our guards.1.
Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (8 of 10)|Francis Beaumont

Give me out of the tombe, the hardned sword, which the dwarfs made for Suafurlama.
The Influence of Old Norse Literature on English Literature|Conrad Hjalmar Nordby
C'tait comme un petit Cosaque du Don qui sautait sur sa propre tombe.
The Possessed|Fyodor Dostoevsky
The earliest tombs (tombe a pozzo, shaft tombs) are previous to the beginning of Greek importation.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5|Various
And thus they led a quiet life Duringe their princely raigne; And in a tombe were buried both, As writers sheweth plaine.
Book of Old Ballads|Various