effleurage

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French effleurage, from effleurer (“to stroke lightly”)

Noun

effleurage (countable and uncountable, plural effleurages)

  1. (massage) A form of massage involving smooth strokes of the skin with one's hands.
    • 2004, Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Manual
      Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups.

Verb

effleurage (third-person singular simple present effleurages, present participle effleuraging, simple past and past participle effleuraged)

  1. (massage) To gently stroke the skin in a circular motion with the palm of one's hands.
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