Obs. [Fr.; named after the Louvre, the palace of the French kings at Paris.] Some kind of dance.
1729. S. Jenyns, Art Dancing, II. Whether her Steps the Minuet’s Mazes trace Or the slow Louvre’s more majestic Pace.
1760–72. H. Brooke, Fool of Qual. (1809), III. 135. The Louvre … was a dance of the newest fashion.
