1. A lively French dance of the 17th and 18th centuries, typically in triple meter and faster than a minuet.
Usage: historical; music
2. A piece of music composed for or in the style of the passepied dance.
Usage: music

Examples

• The baroque composer wrote several passepieds for the royal court.
• Musicians performed a lively passepied at the historical dance festival.
• The passepied was popular among French nobility during the 18th century.
• Bach included passepieds in some of his instrumental suites.
• The orchestra's rendition of the passepied delighted the audience with its brisk tempo.