( n. )
A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting.
( n. )
A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012