1. plural of gavotte: French folk dances in moderate 4/4 time, or musical compositions written for such dances
Usage: music; dance

Examples

• The orchestra performed several classical gavottes during the concert.
• Bach composed beautiful gavottes that are still popular today.
• The dance troupe practiced traditional French gavottes for their performance.
• Students learned to play simple gavottes in their music lessons.
• The ballet included elegant gavottes from the Baroque period.
• Musicians often study gavottes to understand classical dance forms.