Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dance of French origin, somewhat resembling the minuet, remarkable for its combination of vivacity and dignity.
- noun Music for such a dance, or in its rhythm, which is duple and quick. Gavots are frequent in old-fashioned suites, and have recently come again into favor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mus.) A kind of difficult, old formal French dance in quadruple time.
- noun 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.
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Examples
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The light of the lamps shot out on the crinkled surface of the lake in tongues of quivering flame, which danced a brave gavot with the phantom stars; and afar twinkled the dipping oars.
The Puppet Crown Harold MacGrath 1901
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We possess the means of verifying somewhat as to the nature of the minuet; but after what fashion did our revered grandfather do his rigadoon and his gavot?
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales Ambrose Bierce 1878
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At one instant he would brandish his arms, and whisk his tail, and take one step forward, like a dancing master beginning to dance a gavot.
Swallow Barn, or A Sojourn in the Old Dominion. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. 1832
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