pastourelle
noun
pas·tou·relle
variants or less commonly pastorelle
ˌpastəˈrel
plural -s
: a conventional form of poetic pastoral composed in French during the late middle ages and Renaissance and consisting of a love debate between a knight and a shepherdess
Word History
Etymology
French, young shepherdess, shepherdess's song, feminine diminutive of Old French pastour shepherd, from Latin pastor