Gavotte

[gə'vɒt] or [ɡə'vɑt]

Definition

(noun.) an old formal French dance in quadruple time.

(noun.) music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte.

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Definition

n. a lively kind of dance somewhat like a country-dance originally a dance of the Gavotes the people of Gap in the Upper Alps: the music for such a dance.

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