/oh bad", oh bahd"/ ; Fr. /oh bannd"/ , n. , pl. aubades /oh badz", oh bahdz"/ ; Fr. /oh bannd"/ . Music.
a piece sung or played outdoors at dawn, usually as a compliment to someone.
[ 1670-80; aube (
alba song about the parting of two lovers at dawn albus white, clear) + -ade -ADE 1 ]