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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  • This must be an oldschool slam dance.

    December 23, 2008