écossaise

[ ey-koh-seyz, -kuh- ]

noun
  1. a country-dance in quick duple meter.

Origin of écossaise

1
1860–65; <French, feminine of écossaisScottish, equivalent to Écosse Scotland + -ais-ese; translation of German schottisch

Words Nearby écossaise

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How to use écossaise in a sentence

  • The conversation was then directed towards various topics, and at last we got to the 'Ecossaise' we had played at Soleure.

    The Memoires of Casanova, Complete | Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • We shall give Voltaire's Ecossaise, translated by an anonymous author: no prompter will be present.

    The Memoires of Casanova, Complete | Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • C'est l qu'il faut chercher l'origine de la Maonnerie Ecossaise, et mme celle des autres Rites maoniques.

  • In the meantime une limonade Ecossaise would combat the effect of chill and mist.

    The Pursuit | Frank (Frank Mackenzie) Savile

British Dictionary definitions for écossaise

écossaise

/ (ˌeɪkɒˈseɪz, French ekɔsɛz) /


noun
  1. a lively dance in two-four time

  2. the tune for such a dance

Origin of écossaise

1
C19: French, literally: Scottish (dance)

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