schottische
/ʃɒˈtiːʃ
/ /ˈʃɒtɪʃ /noun
A slow polka.The Canadian schottische and co were the dances that people did at the Saturday night bible class dances that passed for teenage social life in early 1960s Dunedin....
- First I needed ‘Cotton-Eyed Joe’ and the schottische.
- There must be routs and balls beneath sparkling chandeliers, where young gallants whirl doe-eyed, bare-shouldered girls in the schottische and the carmagnole.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from German der schottische Tanz 'the Scottish dance'.