polonaise
noun
- an 18th-cent. dress with the skirt divided in front and worn looped back over an elaborate underskirt, originally in Poland
- a stately Polish dance in triple time, almost processional in character
- music for this dance
See polonaise in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(pŏlˌə-nāzˈ, pōˌlə-)
noun- A stately, marchlike Polish dance, primarily a promenade by couples.
- Music for or based on the traditional rhythm of this dance, having triple meter.
- A woman's dress of the 18th century, having a fitted bodice and draped cutaway skirt, worn over an elaborate underskirt.
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