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.

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Example Sentences

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)

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)

I should remark on the word loure, that Mr Borrow has shown its original identity with loot, the Hindustani for plunder or booty.

From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Leland, Charles Godfrey

Lonesome Tunes, 33. loure, 75; example of, from Bach, 79.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond

Then she chored the bori kāni, an’ it shelled avree, “Mukk mandy jāl an’ I’ll sikker tute ki you can loure a rāni-chillico.” 

From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Leland, Charles Godfrey