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† base-dance Obs.
[a. F. basse dance.]
A term formerly applied to dances in slow time (e.g. the minuet), which consist of gliding motions and stately posing, the feet being but little raised from the ground.
1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xvi. xlvi, Musyke..Dyvers base daunces moost swetely dyd playe. 1521in Laneham's Let. (1871) Pref. 160 For to daunce ony bace daunce there behoueth .iiii. paces..syngle, double: repryse, & braule. 1549Compl. Scot. vi. 66 Base dansis, pauans, galȝardis. |