à la seconde


à la se·conde

(ä′lə sə-kŏnd′, -gŏNd, ăl′ə)adv.1. In ballet, to the side.2. In ballet, to the second position, in which the legs are turned out from the pelvis and the feet are apart.
[French à la seconde (position), in the second (position) : à, to, at, in + la, the + seconde, feminine of second, second.]