单词 | base dance |
释义 | base dancen. Dance (now historical). A dance in slow time consisting of gliding movements and stately posing, the feet being only slightly raised from the ground. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > slow or stately dance > [noun] measure?c1430 base dancea1475 pas grave1762 basse danse1789 slow dance1890 slowie2002 a1475 in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1957) 8 272 Item payd to Thomas Rede ffor my dely wo..ffor my byll off ffottyng off baȝ davnssys v s. iiij d. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xvi. xlvi Musyke..Dyvers base daunces moost swetely dyd playe. 1521 in F. J. Furnivall R. Laneham's Let. (1871) Pref. 160 For to daunce ony bace daunce there behoueth .iiii. paces..syngle, double: repryse, & braule. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xx. sig. kviiiv We haue nowe base daunsis, bargenettes, pauions, turgions, and roundes. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 52 Base dansis, pauuans, galȝardis. 1825 Westm. Hall II. 5 His especial delight was in Bargenettes, Turgions, rounds, and other base dances, little esteeming the solemn post-revels of his society. 1847 A. Strickland Lives of Queens of Eng. IV. 71 Perhaps Katharine's base dance resembled the minuet in its slow gliding step. 1891 R. H. Reade Goldsmith's Ward xlix. 367 After the banquet, and when the servants had cleared a space, the highest in rank danced base dances. 1952 C. Camden Elizabethan Woman vi. 166 Slow, stately dances like the base dances, pavans, and almains were still performed by the older devotees. 1991 P. Bawcutt Dunbar Makar (1992) vi. 248 Four are men, two women; but there is insufficient detail to indicate whether Dunbar is describing a specific dance, such as the morris or the base dance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1475 |
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