fleuret

The produce of these balls when worked is called fleuret.

Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs 1863

[Footnote: A fleuret was an old step in dancing formed of two half coupées and two steps on the point of the toes.] [Footnote: A coupé is a movement in dancing, when one leg is a little bent, and raised from the ground, and with the other a motion is made forward.]

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