noun

1. a slow, stately Italian, Spanish, or French dance of the 17th c., similar to the chaconne
2. the music for this dance
3. a musical form based on this dance, in 3/4 time and with a continuous ground bass

Etymology: pseudo-It < Sp pasacalle < pasar (< VL *passare, pass) + calle, street < L callis: so named from often being performed in the streets