POLONAISE • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Polonaise

... Adagio in two sections, each of which is repeated. Two graceful Minuets (the second taking the place of a Trio) follow, and the third movement is an Allegro in sonata-form. No. 6 has for its second movement a Rondeau en Polonaise, and for its third, a Theme with variations. The Rondo of No. 3 (in B flat) is unusually long; it contains two episodes, one in the relative minor, the other in the subdominant. The next three sonatas ...

— The Pianoforte Sonata - Its Origin and Development • J.S. Shedlock

... don't you have a polonaise? The lace is the only expensive part, the muslin is a mere nothing; and it is such a useful dress, it can be ...

— A Simpleton • Charles Reade