lavolta
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian la volta (“the turn, turning, whirl”) and the French la volte (circular movement). Compare volt (“circular tread of a horse”), volta.
Noun[edit]
lavolta (plural lavoltas)
- An ancient dance of the Renaissance which incorporated many challenging twists and skips.
- 1928, Virginia Woolf, Orlando: A Biography, London: The Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished as Orlando: A Biography (eBook no. 0200331h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, July 2015:
- Orlando, it is true, was none of those who tread lightly the coranto and lavolta; he was clumsy; and a little absent-minded.
References[edit]
- lavolta in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
lavolta