Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To perform the dance so called; dance the trenchmore.
- noun An old English country-dance, of a lively and boisterous character, common in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
- noun Music for such a dance, which was in triple or sextuple rhythm.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A kind of lively dance of a rude, boisterous character. Also, music in triple time appropriate to the dance.
- intransitive verb obsolete To dance the trenchmore.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic A
lively ,boisterous dance .
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whichbe commented on the word trenchmore
This must be an oldschool slam dance.
December 23, 2008