a woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt

a bodice and overskirt in one garment

a Polish word for a dress with a tight bodice and a short skirt divided in front and looped, or drawn back, over a longer skirt

A gown which has been pulled up in back and on the sides into large poufs of fabric by means of cords, buttings, ties, or whatever means. Any open style of gown may be polonaised.

dress with a close-fitting body and full skirt looped up to form three vertical panels and festoons.

A polonaise (originally robe à la Polonaise) is a woman's garment of the later 1770s and 1780s or a similar revival style of the 1880s, consisting of a gown with a fitted bodice and cutaway, draped and poofed overskirt, worn over an underskirt or petticoat.

A stately Polish processional dance in 3/4 time; especially popular as an instrumental form in the 18th and 19th centuries.

a Polish national dance of noble yet festive character

a slow and stately dance where there is a promenade march of couples

This is a stately Polish processional dance or instrumental piece.

country, rather than courtly, dance of Polish origin, though the word "polonaise" is actually French. Best known works are by Chopin, though Bach has written three works titled polonaise, and written polonaise-type pieces in other works. A triple-meter moderate tempo dance, in which the phrases lack upbeats, and frequently employ a repeated rhythmic pattern consisting of either four sixteenths and a half note, or two sixteenths and an eight note. The cadence points are often weak or "feminine," finishing on the second beat, rather than on the stronger downbeat.

French for "Polish," it is a typically Polish dance of military character, or a composition that suggests elements of such a dance.

A stately Polish dance in moderate triple time, often with a repeated rhythmic pattern.