Pous·sette' (pō*sĕt') noun [ French, pushpin, from pousser to push. See Push .] A movement, or part of a figure, in the contradance. Dickens. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/139
Pous·sette' intransitive verb To perform a certain movement in a dance. [ R.] Tennyson. « Down the middle, up again, poussette , and cross.» J. & H. Smith. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/139