Sentence:  But, now, the Bird of Paradise was seen to flutter down the middle; and the little bells began to bounce and jingle in <WSD>poussette</WSD>; and the Doctor's rosy face spun round and round, like an expressive peg-top highly varnished; and breathless Mr. Craggs began to doubt already, whether country dancing had been made 'too easy,' like the rest of life; and Mr. Snitchey, with his nimble cuts and capers, footed it for Self and Craggs, and half-a-dozen more. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A movement, or part of a figure, in the contradance.