1. A moderately paced French dance of the 17th and 18th centuries, typically in duple meter.
Usage: Also spelled 'gavotte'; Historical/musical term
2. A piece of music composed for or in the style of this dance.
Usage: Musical composition

Examples

• The baroque composer wrote a gavot for harpsichord.
• Dancers performed the gavot at the 18th-century ball.
• Bach included a gavot in his instrumental suite.
• The gavot was popular among French nobility during the reign of Louis XIV.
• Musicians often play gavots at historical dance performances.