"battement" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1894, Arthur Machen, Memoirs of Casanova",
          "text": "[…] he raised slowly his rounded arms, stretched them gracefully backward and forward, moved his feet with precision and lightness, took a few small steps, made some battements and pirouettes, and disappeared like a butterfly.",
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          "ref": "1988 March 11, Dorothy Samachson, “Chicago Repertory Dance Ensemble”, in Chicago Reader",
          "text": "Ernst and Watson are superb dancers--extraordinarily agile and acrobatic, and their unison spins, battements, and body lines showed a split-second timing.",
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        "A ballet move involving a beating action with an extended leg"
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        "(obsolete) A thumping or beating sensation"
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