nautch
- n an intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls
- The echo is a reverberation of the nautch (dancing) girl affair: A nautch girl, member of the Maharaja of Indore's harem, escaped from Indore, a sovereign Hindu state, following .
- He stepped through the vestibule where the nautch girls were lying in darkness striped like a tiger's skin with moonlight.
- Many are or claim to be descendants of the nautchthe fabled royal courtesans famed for their mesmerizing dances and stirring songsbut the best that any of them can manage .