lavolta
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of lavolta
C16: from Italian la volta the turn; see volta
Example Sentences
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A student of Shakspere, I had learned something of every dance alluded to in his plays, and hence partially understood several of those I now saw—the minuet, the pavin, the hey, the coranto, the lavolta.
From Lilith, a romance by MacDonald, George
It is a good beast for carrying a burden or trampling down a foe, but a very indifferent one at a lavolta or a coranto.
From Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives by Cary, Henry Francis
Yes, ladies, you have been dancing the lavolta of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries without being aware of it.
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison
According to Florio, the lavolta is a kind of turning French dance, in which the man turns the woman round several times, and then assists her in making a high spring or cabriole.
From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger
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