/lent"leuhr/ , n. , pl. ländler, ländlers .
1. an Austrian and southern German folk dance in moderately slow triple meter, antecedent to the waltz.
2. music for this dance.
3. a piano or orchestral composition patterned after such music.
[ 1875-80; Landl (lit., little land) name for Upper Austria, where the dance first became popular; see -ER 1 ]