quadrille

¹qua·drille

noun \kwä-ˈdril, kwə-, kə-\

Definition of QUADRILLE

1

: a four-handed variant of ombre popular especially in the 18th century

2

: a square dance for four couples made up of five or six figures chiefly in ⁶⁄₈ and ²⁄₄ time; also : music for this dance

Origin of QUADRILLE

French, group of knights engaged in a carousel, from Spanish cuadrilla troop, from diminutive of cuadra square, from Latin quadra, quadrum

First Known Use: 1726

Rhymes with QUADRILLE

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