machicotage (English, noun)
expansion: machicotage (uncountable)
Senses:
glosses: A style of singing, especially of sacred music, cultivated from the late Middle Ages until the 19th century, centered on Paris, and derived from the Gallican ritual; in this style vocal lines are decorated with improvised ornamentation, and differentiated from each other in a polyphonic composition also by tone color.
tags: archaic
rare
uncountable
Forms: