port de bras


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
port de bras /ˌpɔː də ˈbrɑː/
noun (pl. ports de bras pronunc. same) chiefly Ballet an act or manner of moving and posing the arms.

■ an exercise designed to develop graceful movement and disposition of the arms.

– origin Fr., lit. ‘bearing of (the) arms’.
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