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  • noun gymnastics A position where the gymnast is horizontal and face-down, using only the hands as support.

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Examples

  • While renovating a house in the medieval village of Beaucaire, he was repairing a second-story floor when the rotting planche* on which he stood snapped.

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • While renovating a house in the medieval village of Beaucaire, he was repairing a second-story floor when the rotting planche* on which he stood snapped.

    chute - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • While renovating a house in the medieval village of Beaucaire, he was repairing a second-story floor when the rotting planche* on which he stood snapped.

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • Les artistes permettent alors a l'ordinateur a contribuer a la marque de fabrique et a la composition des elements a l'interieur meme de la planche à dessin, faisant ainsi echo aux signes, a la structure et aux medias choisis.

    Small Drawing Space No.16 Rachael Elwell 2009

  • While renovating a house in the medieval village of Beaucaire, he was repairing a second-story floor when the rotting planche* on which he stood snapped.

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • Malgré les avantages que cette quatriéme planche semble présenter pour l'expression des ombres, l'Inventeur ne s'en servoit que malgré lui, parce qu'elle étoit contraire a son systême favori des trois couleurs primitives.

    The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe 2006

  • Le Blon avoit une maniere plus prompte d'opérer, par le moyen d'une quatriéme planche en noir, qui dans l'ordre de la gravure & de l'impression passoit la premiere fous la presse ....

    The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe 2006

  • While renovating a house in the medieval village of Beaucaire, he was repairing a second-story floor when the rotting planche* on which he stood snapped.

    chute - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • This is the famous“planche plate no. 4,” entitled “Order of Sion,” ascribed to Lobineau and dated 1956 but purportedly made up of extracts from the “Book of Constitutions” published by Éditions des Commanderies of Geneva in August 1956.

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

  • This is the famous“planche plate no. 4,” entitled “Order of Sion,” ascribed to Lobineau and dated 1956 but purportedly made up of extracts from the “Book of Constitutions” published by Éditions des Commanderies of Geneva in August 1956.

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

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