Definition of galliards:
(n) :
A lively dance, popular in 16th- and 17th-century Europe.
(n) :
(music) The triple-time music for this dance.
(adj) :
(dated) Gay; brisk; active.
(n) :
(dated) A brisk, merry person.
(n) :
(uncountable, Continental printing, dated) An intermediate size of type alternatively equated with brevier (by Didot points) or bourgeois (by Fournier points and by size).