bourrée
bourrée definition
bour·rée (bo̵̅o̅ rā′)
noun
- a lively 17th-cent. French dance in duple time
- music for this dance, or a composition of similar rhythm
Etymology: Fr < bourrir, to beat wings, whir (as a partridge)
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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