curtsey

woman making a curtsey

Meanings

Noun

  • A small bow, generally performed by a woman or a girl, where she crosses the shin of one leg behind the calf of her other leg and briefly bends her knees and lowers her body in deference.

Verb

  • To make a curtsey.

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