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‖ chassé-croisé|ʃase krwaze|
[Fr., = chassé n. + croisé, pa. pple. of croiser to cross.]
A dance figure in which one of two partners chassés first to the right and then to the left, while the other chassés first to the left and then to the right. Hence transf. and fig. applied to actions or situations in which persons or things cross each other or change positions backwards and forwards.
[1874Ball-Room Guide 90 Chassez croisez. Lady and gentleman chassez in opposite directions.] 1883Sat. Rev. 10 Nov. 595/1 His drama is a perpetual chassé-croisé at the edge of a precipice. 1886Athenæum 17 Apr. 516/1 When he arrived alongside, the Espiègle and the galley were performing a sort of vertical chassé-croisé. 1903Westm. Gaz. 27 Jan 3/2 A ménage à trois and a kind of matrimonial chassé-croisé are discussed. 1928Observer 8 Apr. 5/2 The metamorphoses of character, the chassé-croisé of incident. |