saraband

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
saraband
    n 1: music composed for dancing the saraband
    2: a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries; in slow
       time
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Saraband \Sar"a*band\, n. [F. sarabande, Sp. zarabanda, fr. Per.
   serbend a song.]
   A slow Spanish dance of Saracenic origin, to an air in triple
   time; also, the air itself.
   [1913 Webster]

         She has brought us the newest saraband from the court
         of Queen Mab.                            --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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