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Gavotte

noun
1.
An old formal French dance in quadruple time.
2.
Music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte.





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... England. Adieu to the sands. Throughout the cruise she was placable, satisfied with earth and sea, and constantly eulogizing herself for this novel state of serenity. Cards, and a collection of tripping French books bound in yellow, danced the gavotte with time, which made the flying minutes endurable to her: and for relaxation there was here the view of a shining town dropped between green hills to dip in sea-water, yonder a ship of merchandise or war to speculate upon, trawlers, collier-brigs, sea-birds, wave over wave. No cloud ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith


Words linked to "Gavotte" :   social dancing, dance music


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