passe·pied 
(päs-pyā)
(päs-pyā)n.
1. A spirited dance in triple meter, popular in France and England in the 1600s and 1700s, resembling a minuet but faster.
2. The music for this dance.
[French : passer, to pass; see PASS + pied, foot (from Old French, from Latin pēs, ped-; see PEDAL).]