battutan.
/batˈtuːta/ Music.
The beating of time.
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battuta1813
1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Battuta, in the Italian music, the motion of the hand or foot in keeping or beating time.
1880 G. Grove Dict. Music (at cited word) ‘A batuta,’ like ‘a tempo,’ means a return to the strict beat.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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