aubade Meaning, Definition & Usage

Au`bade" noun

Etymology

F., fr. aube the dawn, fr. L. albus white.

Definitions

1. An open air concert in the morning, as distinguished from an evening serenade; also, a pianoforte composition suggestive of morning. Grove.

   The crowing cock . . . Sang his aubade with lusty voice and clear. Longfellow.