barcarole

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Venetian barcarole, and went sweetly away in its cadence.

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  1. noun A Venetian gondolier's song with a rhythm suggestive of rowing.
  2. noun A composition imitating a Venetian gondolier's song.

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  1. French, from Italian barcaruola, from barcaruolo, gondolier, from barca, boat, from Latin.

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  1. from Italian barcarolo, barcaruolo, a boatman (feminine barcaruola, later F. barcarolle, later English barcarole, a boatman's song), from barca, a bark, barge: see bark.
 

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/ˈbɑrkəroʊl/
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