/'vɔ:dəvɪl; `vɔdə,vɪl/
n [U] (US) = variety 4.

n[U]AmE
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French;Origin:Old French vaudevire type of popular song, from vau-de-Vire 'valley of Vire', town in northwest France where such songs were written]
a type of theatre entertainment, popular from the 1880s to the 1950s, in which there were many short performances of different kinds, including singing, dancing, jokes etc
→music hall