quadrille
IPA: kwˈɑdrʌɫ
noun
- A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four couples forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.
- The music for this dance.
- (card games) A Spanish trick-taking card game from the 1700s played with a 40-card deck.
- A choreographed dressage ride, commonly performed to music, with a minimum of four horses.
- Quadrille ruled graph paper, quad paper.
- A square tiling of the plane.
verb
- (intransitive) To dance the quadrille.
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Examples of "quadrille" in Sentences
- A popular folk dance is the Quadrille.
- For the quadrille dance, women wore fans.
- This quadrille ended the exhibition dances.
- Thus, the quadrille was a very intricate dance.
- In Jamaica, the quadrille dress is made of cotton.
- The quadrille was also danced in the United States.
- In Haiti, the quadrille dress is called a Karabela dress.
- The quadrille is a potent symbol of French Antillean culture.
- General dancing followed the three quadrilles until supper time.
- The quadrille dress is the national costume of Jamaica, and Haiti.
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