\Pous*sette"\ (p[=oo]*s[e^]t"), n. [F., pushpin, fr.
pousser to push. See {Push}.]
A movement, or part of a figure, in the contradance.
--Dickens.

\Pous*sette"\, v. i.
To perform a certain movement in a dance. [R.] --Tennyson.
      Down the middle, up again, poussette, and cross. --J. &
                                               H. Smith.