loure

American  

[loo-er] / ˈlu ər /

noun

plural

loures

1. Dance. a French Baroque dance or the style of music used for it, usually in 6/4 time.

---

Example Sentences

Ne beo þe loure þene þe solf; ne þin mei. ne þin maȝe.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph

Ne beo þe loure þene þe solf; ne þin mei. ne þin maȝe.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph

Cupide is boteler of bothe, Which to the lieve and to the lothe Yifth of the swete and of the soure, That some lawhe, and some loure.

From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)

And sche began to loure tho, And seide, "Ther is manye of yow Faitours, and so may be that thow Art riht such on, and be feintise Seist that thou hast me do servise."

From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)

Thereat exceeding wroth was Satyran; And wroth with Satyran was Blandamour; And wroth with Blandamour was Erivan; And at them both Sir Paridell did loure.

From Spenser by Church, R. W. (Richard William)