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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
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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