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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[It.

la volta

the turn, turning, whirl. Cf.

of a horse,

An old dance, for two persons, being a kind of waltz, in which the woman made a high spring or bound.

Shak.

, An old dance in which was much turning and capering.

lavolta ‎(plural lavoltas)

An ancient dance of the Renaissance which incorporated many challenging twists and skips.
- 1928, Virginia Woolf, Orlando
  Orlando, it is true, was none of those who tread lightly the coranto and lavolta; he was clumsy; and a little absent-minded.

“lavolta” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.