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Webster 1913 Edition

Barcarolle

Bar′ca-rolle

,

Noun.

[F.

barcarolle

, fr. It.

barcaruola

, fr.

barca

bark, barge.]

(Mus.)

(a)

A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers.

(b)

A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song.