Pir`ou*ette" (?), n. [F.; of uncertain origin.]
1.
A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing.
2. Man.
The whirling about of a horse.
© Webster 1913.
Pir`ou*ette", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pirouetted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pirouetting.] [F. pirouetter.]
To perform a pirouette; to whirl, like a dancer.
© Webster 1913.