单词 | saraband |
释义 | sarabandn.1 1. a. A slow and stately Spanish dance in triple time. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > slow or stately dance > [noun] > specific pavanea1510 passamezzo1568 passy-measure1597 saraband1631 minuet1672 cerebrand1677 minaway1688 gavotte1696 passepied1696 minuetto1724 polonaise1740 polacca1804 minuetinga1847 varsovienne1859 varsoviana1860 Paduan1880 slow drag1911 strut1937 1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse iv. iv. 164 in Wks. II Coach it to Pimlico; daunce the Saraband. 1675 J. Crowne Countrey Wit iv. 51 I can Dance Corantoes and Jiggs, and Sarabands. 1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 209 He went away to his own Chamber, leaving room in all our Pockets for the Devil to dance a Saraband. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxiii. 324 Oh! that I could but dance as well as thou sing'st! I'd give you a Saraband, as old as I am. 1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music IV. 388 (note) Within the memory of persons now living, a Saraband danced by a Moor was constantly a part of the entertainment at a puppet-shew. 1809 T. Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming i. v Nor far some Andalusian saraband Would sound to many a native rondelay. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ a1658 R. Lovelace Lucasta: Posthume Poems (1659) 10 So you but with a touch from your fair Hand, Turn all to Saraband. 1678 tr. A. de Courtin Rules Civility (rev. ed.) v. 31 'Tis pleasant in troth to see a lame person find fault with a step in such a Sarabrand. 1842 I. Williams Baptistery I. iii. 278 When the loose villager Weaves 'neath the moon his rustic saraband. a1857 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) II. 75 In that unswept brain of his..the super-subtile fancies of theosophy, have danced a whirlwind saraband. 2. A piece of music composed for this dance or in its rhythm, in which the second note of the measure is commonly lengthened. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > dances used as part of suite Almain1591 jig1593 coranto1597 courante1597 saraband1631 allemandec1639 minuet1678 gigue1685 gavotte1696 minuetto1724 giga1730 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iv. ii. 133 in Wks. II How they are tickl'd, With a light ayre! the bawdy Saraband! 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 96 As Musitians, that first play a Preludium, next a Lesson, and then a Saraband. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 243 The lady called to the orchestre for a saraband. 1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music IV. 114 Corelli, in the saraband of his eleventh concerto. 1820 W. Scott Monastery III. iii. 70 He..hummed a saraband. 1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner xxv. 276 Elsie rattled out a triple measure of a saraband. 1884 H. R. Haweis My Musical Life I. 8 Those simple and severe gigues and sarabands. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Sarabandn.2 A kind of Persian rug characterized by a pattern of leaf or pear forms. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > rug > Persian or Iranian Mir1900 Sarouk1900 Saraband1901 Sehna1901 Kashan1905 Afshar1909 Bakhtiari1922 Kashgai1922 Feraghan1929 polonaise1930 Ispahan1931 Qum1962 1901 J. K. Mumford Oriental Rugs (new ed.) vi. 68 The ‘pear’ [sc. a motif] seems to have..original association with Persia... In the Sarabands..it covers the whole field. 1901 J. K. Mumford Oriental Rugs (new ed.) xi. 197 The Saraband rugs are made in the district of Sarawan. 1913 W. A. Hawley Oriental Rugs ix. 130 In Mir-Sarabends one of two threads encircled by a knot is doubled under the other at back. In Royal Sarabends each is equally prominent. 1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets Pl. 28 (caption) Saraband Rug. Palm Leaf Pattern. 1943 Burlington Mag. May 130/2 A Saraband carpet, the property of Mrs. Gilbert Russell. 1962 C. W. Jacobsen Oriental Rugs 278 Choicest antique Sarabends will have as many as 350 knots to the square inch. 1975 ‘E. Lathen’ By Hook or by Crook viii. 78 An old and valued customer was..closing a deal for an old and valued Saraband. 1975 Oxf. Compan. Decorative Arts 612/1 Serabend rugs with all-over cone designs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11631n.21901 |
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