Sekirov Dictionary

quadrille

/kwɒdˈɹɪl/

noun6

  1. A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four couples forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.
  2. A choreographed dressage ride, commonly performed to music, with a minimum of four horses.
  3. The music for this dance.
  4. Quadrille ruled graph paper, quad paper.
  5. A Spanish trick-taking card game from the 1700s played with a 40-card deck.
  6. A square tiling of the plane.

adjective1

  1. Marked with squares.

verb1

  1. To dance the quadrille.
forms

quadrilled · quadrilling · quadrilles

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