sha|sākr(ə)wä|zā noun
( plural chassé-croisés )
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 — more at cross
: a movement in a quadrille or country-dance in which partners exchange places by means of a chassé