单词 | tempête |
释义 | tempêten. An English country-dance (and tune) of the late-nineteenth century. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > country-dance or dancing > [noun] > specific country-dances haya1529 trenchmore1552 hay-de-guy1579 country bumpkin1649 sedany1651 Sir Roger de Coverley1685 Frenchmore1696 mermaid1701 Moll Peatley1711 hemp-dressers1756 cottager's dance1851 pop goes the weasel1853 tempête1873 barn dance1892 line dance1961 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > folk or country dance > English tempête1873 1873 L. Troubridge Life amongst Troubridges (1966) viii. 72 We had a Tempête, the Boulanger and ‘Wiss’. 1879 Manners & Tone of Good Society viii. 139 Country dances, such as the ‘Tempête’, ‘Sir Roger de Coverley’, etc., are usually danced at private balls when given in the country. 1923 G. Arthur Further Lett. from Man of No Importance (1932) 155 Yes, the Tempête was the popular dance at children's and semi-grown-up dances of our young days, and even later at country balls; fancy its being danced again in Paris. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1873 |
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