breaststroke

breaststroke
noun Date: 1867 a swimming stroke executed in a prone position by coordinating a kick in which the legs are brought forward with the knees together and the feet are turned outward and whipped back with a glide and a backward sweeping movement of the arms • breaststroker noun

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • breaststroke — n. type of swimming stroke wherein the arms are stretched together in front of the head then pushed forwards and swept back and the legs are tucked in and kicked out in rotation …   English contemporary dictionary

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