port de bras

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

French port de bras (literally carriage of the arms)

Noun[edit]

port de bras

  1. (ballet) An exercise in which the arms are moved to different positions, sometimes also incorporating upper-body movements.
    • 1991 April 6, Ron Caldwell, “Kind of Stranger”, in Gay Community News, page 16:
      As a physical presence, nevertheless, he can bourree with the best of them and packs a mean port-de-bras.