Etymology

saut de chat

Today it means: A jump similar to a grand jeté, differing in that the front leg extends through a développé instead of a grand battement. Full definition →

French saut de chat
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  1. French · borrowed fromsaut de chat
  2. English todaysaut de chat

French saut de chat (literally “cat's jump”)

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.