POUSSETTE

Etymology

Noun

poussette (plural poussettes)

A movement, or part of a figure, in the contradance.

(card games) A method of cheating in card games, whereby a player surreptitiously changes his or her stake after the cards are dealt.

Verb

poussette (third-person singular simple present poussettes, present participle poussetting, simple past and past participle poussetted)

To waltz around each other, as two couples do in a contra dance.

Source: Wiktionary

Pous*sette", n. Etym: [F., pushpin, fr. pousser to push. See Push.]

Definition: A movement, or part of a figure, in the contradance. Dickens.

Pous*sette", v. i.

Definition: To perform a certain movement in a dance. [R.] Tennyson. Down the middle, up again, poussette, and cross. J. & H. Smith.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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