caccia

noun

cac·​cia

ˈkä(ˌ)chä

plural cacce

-(ˌ)chā

or caccias

-(ˌ)chäz

: a part song in canon form portraying the hunt or village scenes and usually employing such sounds as the cries of beggars and vendors and the barks of dogs

Word History

Etymology

Italian, literally, hunt, chase, from cacciare to chase, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin captiare

First Known Use

circa 1821, in the meaning defined above

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