port de bras

English

Etymology

From French port de bras (literally “carriage of the arms”).

Noun

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.
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