Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lavolt \La*volt"\, Lavolta \La*vol"ta\, n. [It. la volta the
   turn, turning, whirl. Cf. {Volt} of a horse, {Volta}.]
   An old dance, for two persons, being a kind of waltz, in
   which the woman made a high spring or bound. --Shak.