en·tre·chat 
(ŏn′trə-shä)
(ŏn′trə-shä)n.
A jump in ballet during which the dancer crosses the legs a number of times, alternately back and forth.
[French, from earlier entrechas, alteration (influenced by entre, between, and chasse, chase) of Italian (capriola) intrecciata, intricate (caper), feminine past participle of intrecciare, to intertwine : in-, in (from Latin; see IN-2) + treccia, tress; see TRESS.]