[Short for F. valse à trois temps waltz in triple time.] The ordinary form of waltz, as distinguished from the more rapid DEUX-TEMPS. Also trois-temps waltz.
1847. Cellarius, Fashionable Dancing, 27, heading, The valtze à trois temps.
1859. Habits of Gd. Society, v. (new ed.), 209. I was at a public ball at Caen … and was amused to find the trois-temps danced with a peculiar shuffle, by way of compromise between conscience and pleasure. Ibid. They … danced a polka, a gallop and a trois-temps waltz.
