单词 | frenchmore |
释义 | Frenchmoren. Now historical and rare. = trenchmore n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > country-dance or dancing > [noun] > specific country-dances haya1529 trenchmore1552 hay-de-guy1579 country bumpkin1649 sedany1651 Sir Roger de Coverley1685 Frenchmore1696 mermaid1701 Moll Peatley1711 hemp-dressers1756 cottager's dance1851 pop goes the weasel1853 tempête1873 barn dance1892 line dance1961 1696 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk (ed. 2) 83 In King Charles's time, there has been nothing but French-more, and the Cushion Dance, omnium gatherum, tolly, polly, hoite come toite. 1806 J. P. Andrews Hist. Great Brit. (ed. 3) II. vii. 324 Trenchmore [Note Or Frenchmore] and the cushion dance. 1824 R. Warner Illustr. Novels Author of Waverley II. 389 Frenchmore..was the country dance, borrowed from the French, and receiving its name from the partners standing contrè and opposite to each other. 1857 Musical World 28 Feb. 132/2 The minuet, gavot, frenchmore, cushion-dance, passe-pied, passe-caille, and other dances of the olden time. 1931 E. W. Naylor Shakespeare & Music Index 212 ‘Trenchmore’, or ‘Frenchmore’, a dance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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