polonaise(n = noun.artifact) - a woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt;
is a kind of dress, frock

   Of or pertaining to the Poles, or to Poland. [1913 Webster]

1.  The Polish language. [1913 Webster]

2.  An article of dress for women, consisting of a body and an outer skirt in one piece. [1913 Webster]

3.  A stately Polish dance tune, in 3-4 measure, beginning always on the beat with a quaver followed by a crotchet, and closing on the beat after a strong accent on the second beat; also, a dance adapted to such music; a polacca. [1913 Webster]

polonaise, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a dance of Polish origin in triple time.
2 the music for this.
3 hist. a woman's dress consisting of a bodice and a skirt open from the waist downwards to show an underskirt.
--adj. cooked in a Polish style.

Etymology:
F, fem. of polonais Polish f. med.L Polonia Poland