chassé-croisé
noun
chas·sé-croi·sé
sha¦sākr(ə)wä¦zā
plural chassé-croisés
: a movement in a quadrille or country-dance in which partners exchange places by means of a chassé
Word History
Etymology
French, literally, crossed chassé, from chassé the dance + croisé, past participle of croiser to cross, from Old French, from crois cross, from Latin cruc-, crux
- take out on someone
- take over
- take pains
- take part
- take pity on
- take place
- take pleasure in
- take precedence over
- take pride in
- take priority
- take prisoner
- take quite a hammering
- take refuge
- take requests
- take revenge
- take root
- take seriously
- take shape
- take shelter
- take ship
- take shit
- take shorthand
- take sick
- take sides
- take silk