ciseaux

/see-zoh/US // siˈzoʊ //

西索,矶山

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural ci·seaux [see-zohz, -zoh]. /siˈzoʊz, -ˈzoʊ/. Ballet.
- : a jump in which the dancer's legs are opened wide in the air and closed on landing.

You've heard her talk of little Jules Ciseaux, the boy who played such an important part in her winter in France.
And that reminds me of the question you asked in your last letter about Jules Ciseaux.
Rue des Ciseaux bordered in olden days the Collge des cossais.
Years before she went to live there, when the old Monsieur Ciseaux died, there was a dreadful quarrel about some money.
For two days that room had been empty and the tree had been standing in Monsieur Ciseaux's parlor.