dos-à-dos
French
Etymology
From dos (“back”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dorsum (“back”), and à (“to”), from Latin ad (“to”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
dos-à-dos (invariable)
- (literally) back to back
Noun
dos-à-dos m (plural dos-à-dos)
- a move in square dancing in which two dancers face each other, then step forward and left until they have right shoulders adjacent, then move to a position where they are back to back, then move to have left shoulders adjacent, then return to facing each other