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Definition of Ballon
1. Noun. (ballet) The quality of a jump by which a ballet dancer appears to pause in midair ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ballon
1. lightness of movement [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ballon
Literary usage of Ballon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Reign of William Rufus and the Accession of Henry the First by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"ballon BETRAYED TO RUFUS. this story, which has a somewhat mythical sound. ...
The castle of ballon, of which we have already so ballon often heard, ..."
2. Sport: Attempt at a Bibliography of Books and Periodicals Published During ...by C. M. van Stockum by C. M. van Stockum (1911)
"ballon-captif, 7429 ballon, construction, 7435 ballon dirigeable, 7374, 7429
ballon, filets de, 7375 ballon, intoxication, gaz, 740-2 ballon, lenkbare, ..."
3. Letters and Diary of Alan Seeger by Alan Seeger (1917)
"The ballon de Servance. The view of the Alps. An improvised band. ... Yesterday the
whole brigade marched up to the top of the ballon de Servance, ..."
4. The Foundations of England; Or, Twelve Centuries of British History (B.C. 55 by James Henry Ramsay (1898)
"Robert of Belleme was detached to besiege the town of ballon. The castle, apparently
a mound fort (mota), had been surrendered by a friend, ..."
5. Journal by United States, Congress (1858)
"Stakes, Safford, and ballon, demanded the ayes and noes, and the bill was lost,
... And, ballon, Banks, Buel, Burbank, Cherry, Crane, Davis, Edwards, Kly, ..."
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