gavot

Variant of gavotte

gavotte definition

ga·votte (gə vät′)

noun

  1. a 17th-cent. dance like the minuet, but faster and livelier
  2. the music for this, in 4/4 time

Etymology: Fr < Prov gavoto, dance of the Gavots, name used for a people of Hautes-Alpes, France, lit., boors, gluttons < gaver, to stuff, force-feed (poultry) < OProv gava, crop

Also sp. gavot ga·vot′

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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