Discant

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Discant \Dis"cant\, n.
     See {Descant}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  discant
       n : a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added
           above a basic melody [syn: {descant}]