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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The rotation of the shoulders and head in ballet.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from épauler, to turn one shoulder towards the spectator so that the other is out of view, from épaule, shoulder, from Old French espalle, espalde, from Vulgar Latin *spatula, shoulder blade, from Latin, flat piece of wood, batten; see spatula.]

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