port de bras en · NOUN
Etymology
From French port de bras (literally “carriage of the arms”).
Meanings
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(qualifier:ballet) An exercise in which the arms are moved to different positions, sometimes also incorporating upper-body movements.
As a physical presence, nevertheless, he can bourree with the best of them and packs a mean port-de-bras.
1991 April 6, Ron Caldwell, “Kind of Stranger”, in Gay Community News, page 16: