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▪ I. ‖ allemande, n.|aləˈmɑ̃ːd, -ˈmand, ˈæləmænd, ˈælmænd|
[a. mod.Fr. allemande German (sc. dance). For the various historical forms under which the word was formerly englished, see Almain.]
1. a. A name given to various German dances.
1775Sheridan Rivals iii. iv. 130 These outlandish heathen allemandes and cotillons are quite beyond me! a1790in Scots Songs II. 56 The Spaniards dance fandangos well, Mynheer an all'mand prances.
b. A figure in which the gentleman turns his partner, in square or country dancing.
1808T. Wilson Analysis Country Dancing 7 Allemande, the lady at A, and Gentleman at B, pass round each other, the Lady in the circle C, and the Gentleman in the circle D, returning to their situations at AB. 1949A. Chujoy Dance Encycl. 6/1 A characteristic figure is that in which the gentleman turns the lady under his arm and vice versa. There is a hint of this in the ‘allemand’ of American square dancing. 1952Hunt & Underwood Eight Yards of Calico 28 An allemande may be done with either hand, with the partner or the corner. Its commonest use is in the ‘left hand around with your corner’ figure. 1979I. Hall in Notes on teaching Scottish Country Dancing 51 The next two figures which in dancing terms flow naturally into each other (the Double reel of 4 into the circular Allemande) have a change of tune at their interface.
2. A piece of music forming one of the movements of the Suite.
1685Lond. Gaz. mmlxxxi/4 Airs for the Violin, To wit, Preludes, Fuges, Allmands, Sarabands. 1833Penny Cycl. I. 346 Handel, and other composers of his period..never intended their allemandes to be so fast as they are performed by modern players. 1879E. Prout in Grove Dict. Mus. I. 55/2 The allemande is a piece of moderate rapidity—about an allegretto—in common time.
3. Cookery. allemande sauce [F. sauce allemande, also used], a rich velouté sauce thickened with egg yolks. Also ellipt.
[1827‘M. Dods’ Cook & Housewife's Man. (ed. 2) 329 Sauce à l'Allemand, or German Sauce..is extensively used for dressed meat-dishes.] 1863Mrs. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. x. 244 Sauce Allemande, or German Sauce. 1868M. Jewry Warne's Model Cookery & Housek. Bk. 54/1 Allemande, reduced white velouté sauce, thickened with cream and yolks of eggs, seasoned with nutmeg and lemon-juice. 1951Good Housek. Home Encycl. 332/1 Allemande Sauce, a rich version of velouté sauce.
▪ II. allemande, v.
[f. the n.]
1. trans. To move (a person) as in an allemande.
1821Galt Annals of Parish xxxviii. 308 He..allemanded her along in a manner that should not have been seen..out of a king's court.
2. intr. To dance an allemande. Also fig.
1830Fraser's Mag. I. 298/1 With what grace might he allemand in a quadrille. 1835Nautical Mag. July 416 A girl in the same set, who was tying her shoe-string when she ought to have been allemanding. 1890Baring-Gould Arminell xlviii, The love-making below stairs is..full of restraints and shynesses, of setting to partners, and allemanding about them.
3. imp. (A call to) execute the figure of an allemande. Freq. as allemande left, allemande right, etc.
1808T. Wilson Analysis Country Dancing 128 The following short figures are generally performed in half a strain of eight bars, or a whole strain of four bars, as, Turn Your Partner, Right and Left, Allemande, Half Figure, [etc.]. 1883C. Phelps in Harper's Mag. Jan. 284/1 What pressure of hands was exchanged when Sandy authorized ‘alamande left’! 1937Tolman & Page Country Dance Bk. ii. 33 Allemande Left..Couples turn back to back and walk 4 steps to meet their corner. 1953T. H. Neoh Square Dance Calling Simplified 13 The ‘Allemande Right’ is done with your own partners and right hands are used instead of left. 1966C. R. & M. B. Jensen Beginning Square Dancing 22 Allemande left and allemande thar; right and left and make a star. 1977Express (Brisbane S.W. Suburbs ed.) 16 Nov. 19/3, I have even danced to a Japanese caller who used the same ‘allemande left’ and ‘do-sa-do’ as callers use everywhere. 1983Amer. Square Dance Jan. 59/2 Allemande thar (all with partners) Shoot the star and go red hot. |