Pavan
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
A grave dance among the Spaniards. In this dance, the performers make a kind of wheel before each other, the
gentlemen dancing with cap and sword, princes with long robes, and the ladies with long trails; the motions resembling the stately steps of the
peacock.
Pavan
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
A stately and formal Spanish dance for which full state
costume is worn; -- so called from the resemblance of its movements to those of the
peacock.
