Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb In ballet, to the side.
- adverb In ballet, to the second position, in which the legs are turned out from the pelvis and the feet are apart.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French à la seconde (position), in the second (position) : à, to, at, in + la, the + seconde, feminine of second, second.]
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