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Meanings of chasse in English

Spanish
chassé

(Ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading.

        chassé
        Usage of chasse in English
        1
        We also crossed Menier's équipage de chasse, horses and dogs being exercised.
        Chateau and Country Life in France
        2
        He longed to fire, to use the thin sharp bayonet on his chasse-pot.
        The King in Yellow
        3
        We will have a little chasse, and then we will smoke.
        The Claverings
        4
        Aix-la-Chapelle is proud of the veritable chasse, or thigh-bone of Charlemagne, which cures lameness.
        Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1
        5
        It is her application of the word "chasse" that drew down the simile.
        A Woman-Hater
        6
        When I got there I was told that he had driven out to the chasse.
        The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01
        7
        A rendezvous de chasse was a very pretty sight.
        My First Years as a Frenchwoman, 1876-1879
        8
        But guess my surprise, when the fellow told me, they were gentlemen a la chasse.
        Travels through France and Italy
        9
        Tells about attending a chasse a la palombe with an energetic priest named Don Bernardo.
        The new yorker
        10
        Eh bien, le bon chien chasse de race!
        The Story of Silk
        11
        All the Citizens gathered together, and such as they met bare them company running towards the chasse.
        The Golden Asse
        12
        By this time, however, the chasse marees were under full sail, and were rapidly following in pursuit.
        The Cornet of Horse: A Tale of Marlborough's Wars
        13
        Our gallant friend, apparently chagrined that we should have been disappointed in our fishing, proposed a chasse.
        Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II
        14
        The real chasse is done with shovels.
        The Irish Times
        15
        And you want to remember that a chasse machine is almost never brought down by anti-aircraft fire.
        High Adventure: A Narrative of Air Fighting in France
        16
        Neutral vessels and 'chasse-marees', manned by young naval officers, were proposed, and many other plans were devised.
        Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 14
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        chassé
        Chasse through the time