(n.) 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.
(n.) A figure in dancing.
Example Sentences:
(1) It showed Cohn-Bendit smiling manically, as Dennis the Menace, with a caption: “Nous sommes tous les juifs allemands”.
(2) There were a dozen bodies around us.” Nice-Matin journalist Damien Allemand, who was on the waterfront, saw the vehicle swerve, smashing into people “at a crazy speed”.