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.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Quadrille
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quadrille
Noun
- A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four dancers forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.
- The music for this dance.
- A Spanish trick-taking card game from the 1700s.
- A choreographed dressage ride, commonly performed to music, with a minimum of four horses.
Noun (etymology 2)
- Quadrille ruled graph paper, quad paper.
Verb
- To dance the quadrille.
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