lavolta
Word Origin for lavolta
C16: from Italian la volta the turn; see volta
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Historical Examples of lavolta
Yes, ladies, you have been dancing the lavolta of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries without being aware of it.
The Lancashire WitchesWilliam Harrison Ainsworth
The passamezzo, passy-measure or half-measure was a popular Elizabethan dance, like the coranto and lavolta.
Days of the DiscoverersL. Lamprey
The Lavolta was fashionable in the 16th century and was the delight of the Valois court.