TOMBÉ


Meaning of TOMBÉ in English

/tom bay"/ ; Fr. /tawonn bay"/ , n. , pl. tombés /-bayz"/ ; Fr. /-bay"/ . Ballet.

a step in which a dancer falls from one leg to the other, landing with all the weight on the foot that has just moved, while flexing the knee.

[ tomber to fall ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .