pavan

2 definitions found

pavan - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pavan \Pav"an\, n. [F. pavane; cf. It. & Sp. pavana, and Sp.
     pavon, pavo, a peacock, L. pavo.]
     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. [Written also pavane,
     paven, pavian, and pavin.]
     [1913 Webster]

pavan - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pavan
      n 1: music composed for dancing the pavane [syn: pavane,
           pavan]
      2: a stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries [syn:
         pavane, pavan]