saraband Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun music composed for dancing the saraband
  2. noun a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries; in slow time

WordNet

Sar"a*band noun
Etymology
F. sarabande, Sp. zarabanda, fr. Per. serbend a song.
Definitions
  1. A slow Spanish dance of Saracenic origin, to an air in triple time; also, the air itself.
    She has brought us the newest saraband from the court of Queen Mab. Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1913