port de bras

noun

An exercise in which the arms are moved to different positions, sometimes also incorporating upper-body movements.

OriginFrench port de bras →
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Meanings

noun
  1. balletAn exercise in which the arms are moved to different positions, sometimes also incorporating upper-body movements.

    As a physical presence, nevertheless, he can bourree with the best of them and packs a mean port-de-bras.

    1991 April 6, Ron Caldwell, “Kind of Stranger”, in Gay Community News, page 16

Origin

  1. Frenchport de bras
  2. Englishport de bras

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

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port de bras. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/port%20de%20bras

MLA

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Chicago

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