QUADRILLE

Quadrille

Quadrille is an historic dance performed by four couples in a rectangular formation, and a precursor to traditional square dancing. It is also a style of music. A derivative found in the Francophone Lesser Antilles is known in the local Creole as kwadril.

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quadrille

Noun

  1. A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four dancers forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.
  2. The music for this dance.
  3. A Spanish trick-taking card game from the 1700s.
  4. A choreographed dressage ride, commonly performed to music, with a minimum of four horses.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. Quadrille ruled graph paper, quad paper.

Verb

  1. To dance the quadrille.


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