1. Plural of coranto; a lively Renaissance dance in triple meter, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Usage: historical; music and dance
2. Plural of coranto; early printed news sheets or pamphlets, especially those reporting on foreign events.
Usage: historical; journalism

Examples

• The court musicians performed several corantoes at the royal ball.
• Dancers executed the corantoes with graceful, rapid footwork.
• Elizabethan composers wrote many corantoes for keyboard and ensemble.
• The printer distributed corantoes containing reports from across Europe.
• Collectors of early modern ephemera prize these corantoes for their historical value.