Branle
(BRAHN-lee)
[Fr. Occasionally spelled: bransle (brawl) or brawl (brawl)]
A lively old
dance
in
4/4 time
. Usually a country
dance
, popular in the
Renaissance
. The
branle
was danced by a group of many couples, some danced in a line and some in a circle.
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