Danse.
ETYM Old Fren. gigue a stringed instrument, a kind of dance, French gigue dance, tune, gig; of German origin; cf. Mid. High Germ. gîge fiddle, German geige. Related to Gig a fiddle, Gig a whirligig.
1. Any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping.
2. Music in three-four time for dancing a jig.
A dance popular in the British Isles during the 16th century, which is thought to have developed into the gigue, later commonly used as the last movement of a Baroque suite.
1. A booking for musicians.
2. A cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting.
3. Light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain.
4. Long and light rowing boat; especially for racing.
5. Small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood. Light two-wheeled one-horse carriage