D defs.my
Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

Ballet

/(băl"lā̇` [or] băl"lĕt; 277)/ · Bal·let · IPA /bælˈeɪ/
01 n. An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, or an interlude, by a number of persons, usually women. Sometimes, a scene accom…
  1. 1.
    An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, or an interlude, by a number of persons, usually women. Sometimes, a scene accompanied by pantomime and dancing.
  2. 2.
    The company of persons who perform the ballet.
  3. 3.
    A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, -- most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers; -- also spelled ballett.(Mus.)
  4. 4.
    A bearing in coats of arms, representing one or more balls, which are denominated bezants, plates, etc., according to color.(Her.)