Pirouette

Chamber's Etymological of the English Language · 1895 · p. 391

pir-ooet', n. a wheeling about, esp. in dancing the turning of a horse on the same cf. Scot, prune, a pegtop.] ate, ISr m*, Hir mine Pitch PSfte , pu»-tca-t6'ri-al, PlSOatory, pis'ka-tor-i, adj. relating to pishes or fishing.