saraband n 1: music composed for dancing the saraband 2: a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries; in slow time
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. [1913 Webster]