pas·tou·relle
variants:
or less commonly pastorelle \
ˌpastəˈrel
\
plural -s
Definition of pastourelle
: a conventional form of poetic pastoral composed in French during the late middle ages and Renaissance and consisting of a love debate between a knight and a shepherdess
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