[guh-vot] 
| 1. | an old French dance in moderately quick quadruple meter. |
| 2. | a piece of music for, or in the rhythm of, this dance, often forming one of the movements in the classical suite, usually following the saraband. |
| ga·votte (gə-vŏt') n.
[French, from Provençal gavoto, from gavot, native of the Alps, possibly from gava, crop of a bird, from Vulgar Latin *gaba, gullet, throat.] ga·votte' v. |