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

  • noun A position in ballet in which the dancer stands at an angle to the audience so that part of the body is hidden from view.

Etymologies

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

[French, from past participle of effacer, to efface; see efface.]

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