volta

Meaning

Noun

  • A turning; a time .
  • A dance for couples popular during the late Renaissance, associated with the galliard and done to the same kind of music.
  • A turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet.

Origin

  • From Italian volta. volte.

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