tinternell

English

Noun

tinternell (plural not attested)

1. (historical) A certain form of song or dance popular in Elizabethan times.
   • c. 1575, George Gascoigne, “The pleasant Fable of Ferdinando Ie∣ronomi and Leonora de Valasco, translated out of the Italian riding tales of Bartello”, in The poesies of George Gascoigne Esquire, pages 217–218:

     At last Ferdinando taking into his hand a Lute that lay on his Mistresse bed, did vnto the note of the Venetian galliard apply the Italian dittie […] but his Mistres could not be quiet vntill she heard hym repeat the Tinternell which he vsed ouer night […]

   • 1906, Florence Wilkinson, “The Far Country”, in The Far Country, page 183:

     And I, a loitering shadow,
     With other shadows dwell,
     Twirling like string-tied puppet
     In aimless tinternel.

   • 2009, C. E. Murphy, The Pretender's Crown, page 451:

     […] herself, in a grown-up lady's dress at age 3, solemnly dancing the steps of a Tinternell […]

   • 2015, Jodie Gould, High: 6 Principles for Guilt-Free Pleasure and Escape:

     Whether it was the stately tinternell or the exuberant jig, dancing was considered a healthy recreation for the mind and exercise for the body during the Elizabethan era.

References

• “tinternell”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.