Definition of Tendu

1. Noun. (ballet) A move in which the leg and foot stretch to point in a particular direction, but the foot does not leave the floor ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tendu

1. an Asian ebony tree [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tendu

tendres
tendresse
tendresses
tendries
tendril
tendriled
tendrilled
tendrilless
tendrilous
tendrils
tendring
tendron
tendrons
tendry
tends
tendu (current term)
tendus
tene
tenebrae
tenebrific
tenebrificous
tenebrio
tenebrionid
tenebrionids
tenebrios
tenebrious
tenebrism
tenebrisms
tenebrist
tenebristic

Literary usage of Tendu

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"tendu, (1) ». A tenth; tithe. (2) ». (Л.-ЛГ.) To offer; to sl retch forth. TENDER, (1) ». The person who attends the fire in л malt-kiln. Den. (2) ». ..."

2. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"... tendu le sens de ce mot, you bave extended the meaning of this word. ... tendu sur ce sujet, you dwelt too lengthily on that subject. ..."

3. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"Ban-tendu HIND. This tree furnishes a valuable astringent and styptic for fresh wounds, also occasionally used in intermittent fever. ..."

4. Britton by Francis Morgan Nichols (1865)
"... M. tendu* 4. fêtes II. 2. With respect to female heirs, where an inheritance wholly or partly held oi us m chief descends to several daughters or а«. ..."

5. Conservation and Development of Nontimber Forest Products in the Pacific edited by Bettina Von Hagen, James F. Weigand, Rebecca McLain, Roger Fight (1998)
"tendu leaf collection comes during the dry season when new branching and leafing from ... Competitive bidding is open to tendu leaf purchasers and bidi ..."

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