ALLEMANDE
allemande, allemande sauce
(noun) egg-thickened veloute
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
allemande (plural allemandes)
A popular instrumental dance form in Baroque music, and a standard element of a suite, generally the first or second movement.
Synonyms
• (instrumental dance form): allemanda, almain, alman
Verb
allemande (third-person singular simple present allemandes, present participle allemanding, simple past and past participle allemanded)
To perform this dance.
Source: Wiktionary
Al"le*mande", n. Etym: [F., fr. allemand German.]
1. (Mus.)
Definition: A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of Bach and Handel.
2. A figure in dancing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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