or PAVANE, a grave dance used among the Spaniards, and borrowed from them; wherein the performers made a kind of wheel or tail before each other, like that of pavos, "a peacock;" from whence the name is derived. The pavane was formerly in great repute; and was danced by gentlemen with cap and sword; by those of the long robe in their gowns, by princes with their mantles, and by the ladies with their gown tails trailing on the ground. It was called the grand ball, from the solemnity with which it was performed. To moderate its gravity, it was usual to introduce several flourishes, pallades, capers, &c. by way of episodes. Its tablature or score is given at large by Thoinot Arbeau in his Orchesographia.