Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Bayle

(2 syl.). Dances of the common people were so called in Spain, in opposition to the stately court dances, called danza. The Bayle were of Moorish invention, the most celebrated being La Sarabanda, La Chacona, Las Gambelas, and El Hermano Bartolo.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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