chassé-croisé
noun
chas·sé-croi·sé
sha¦sākr(ə)wä¦zā
plural chassé-croisés
: a movement in a quadrille or country-dance in which partners exchange places by means of a chassé
Word History
Etymology
French, literally, crossed chassé, from chassé the dance + croisé, past participle of croiser to cross, from Old French, from crois cross, from Latin cruc-, crux