‖ pastoreta
(pastoˈrɛta)
[Prov.]
= pastorela, -ella.
| 1867 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 560/2 They [sc. the troubadours] even descended to depict the life of the peasantry, and sang their adventures with shepherdesses, &c. in pastoretas and vaqueyras. 1878 [see prec.]. 1931 W. P. Jones Pastourelle i. 6 The pastourelle takes its name..from its principal actor, the shepherdess herself... The name was perhaps applied first to the Proven{cced}al specimens, the pastorela or pas[t]oreta. |