Etymology

port de bras

Today it means: An exercise in which the arms are moved to different positions, sometimes also incorporating upper-body movements. Full definition →

French port de bras
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  1. French · borrowed fromport de bras
  2. English todayport de bras

From French port de bras (literally “carriage of the arms”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.