quadrille

Definition of Quadrille in English :

1. quadrille

music for dancing the quadrille

2. quadrille

a square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Quadrille

noun

1.

a square dance of five or more figures for four or more couples

2.

a piece of music for such a dance, alternating between simple duple and compound duple time

verb

3. (intransitive)

to perform this dance

noun

an old card game for four players

noun

1.

a square dance of French origin, consisting of several figures, performed by four couples

2.

music for this dance

noun

a card game, popular in the 18th cent., played by four persons

adjective

marked with intersecting lines to form squares or rectangles

: also quaˈdrilled (kwəˈdrɪld ; kwədrildˈ; kwɑˈdrɪld ; kwädrildˈ)

n.

1. A square dance in 6/8 or 2/4 time of French origin, composed of five sections and performed by four couples.

2. The music for this dance.

n.

A card game popular during the 1700s, played by four people with a deck of 40 cards.