Definition of Lavolt

1. n. An old dance, for two persons, being a kind of waltz, in which the woman made a high spring or bound.

Definition of Lavolt

1. Noun. An old dance for two people, a kind of waltz in which the woman makes a high spring or bound. ¹

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Definition of Lavolt

1. to dance with much leaping and turning [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lavolt

laviscious
lavish
lavished
lavisher
lavishers
lavishes
lavishest
lavishing
lavishly
lavishment
lavishments
lavishness
lavishnesses
lavisht
lavoisium
lavolt (current term)
lavolta
lavoltaed
lavoltas
lavolted
lavolting
lavolts
lavra
lavras
lavrentievite
lavrock
lavrocks
lavs
lavsium
lavy

Literary usage of Lavolt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"lavolt or lavolta. (French, la mite.) A lively dance, in which was a good deal of jumping ... Troilus says, " I cannot sing, nor heel the high lavolt " (iv. ..."

2. An Elizabethan Virginal Book: Being a Critical Essay on the Contents of a by Edward Woodall Naylor (1905)
"The sault majeur of the ' high lavolt' comes at the semi- breves in this tune. ... The Volta (lavolt) is the Galliard cut short as to its steps, ..."

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