Found 2 items, similar to gavotte.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: gavotte gavotte n 1: an old formal French dance in quadruple time 2: music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte
English → English (gcide) Definition: Gavotte Gavot \Gav"ot\, Gavotte \Gav"otte\(? or ?; 277), n. [F. gavotte, fr. Gavots, a people inhabiting a mountainous district in France, called Gap.] (Mus.) A kind of difficult, old formal French dance in quadruple time. [WordNet sense 1] [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] 2. Music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte, having a dance tune which has two brisk and lively, yet dignified, strains in common time, each played twice over. [WordNet sense 2] [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]