lavolta
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of lavolta
C16: from Italian la volta the turn; see volta
Example Sentences
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A student of Shakspere, I had learned something of every dance alluded to in his plays, and hence partially understood several of those I now saw—the minuet, the pavin, the hey, the coranto, the lavolta.
From Lilith, a romance by MacDonald, George
Yes, ladies, you have been dancing the lavolta of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries without being aware of it.
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison
It is a good beast for carrying a burden or trampling down a foe, but a very indifferent one at a lavolta or a coranto.
From Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives by Cary, Henry Francis
According to Florio, the lavolta is a kind of turning French dance, in which the man turns the woman round several times, and then assists her in making a high spring or cabriole.
From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger
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