coranto

noun2

1. •
   Any of a family of old French dances from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre.

   • Lustique, as the Dutchman saies: Ile like a maide the Better whil'st I haue a tooth in my head: why he's able to leade her a Carranto. — 1604
2. •
   (historical) An early informational broadsheet, bringing together news and philosophical discussion.

   • I am not foot-poast, / No pedlar of Aviso's, no monopolist / Of forged Corantos, monger of Gazets. — 1638