Gā-v'ot, n.

(Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. gavotte, It. gavotta, derived from the Gavots, a people inhabiting a mountainous district in France, called Gap.] (Mus.) A kind of dance, or tune, the air of which has two brisk and lively strains in common time, each of which is played twice over. The dance is difficult and complicated. [Obs.]