polonaise

A stately, marchlike Polish dance in triple meter, primarily a promenade by couples.

The music for this dance.

A woman’s dress of the 1700s, having a fitted bodice and draped cutaway skirt, worn over an elaborate underskirt.

A light open gown looped up at the sides, showing the front of an elaborate petticoat, and longer behind, worn toward the close of the eighteenth century; also, a similar but plainer gown, not so much drawn back, and draped more simply, worn at the present time.

A kind of overcoat, short and usually faced and bordered with fur, worn by men who affected a semi-military dress during the first quarter of the nineteenth century.

A Polish dance, consisting mainly of a march or promenade of the dancers in procession.

Music for such a promenade, or in its peculiar rhythm, which is triple and stately, with a characteristic division of the first beat of the measures, and a capricious ending of the phrases on the last beat.

Of or pertaining to the Poles, or to Poland.

The Polish language.

An article of dress for women, consisting of a body and an outer skirt in one piece.